<p>I am looking foward to applying to a top or almost-top engineering school in the HYPSMIT level or schools such as Cornell, columbia, etc</p>
<p>Will it hurt my chances since a schedule conflict with some ap classes prevented me from taking physics b in my junior year? I am now going to take physics B during my senior year.</p>
<p>Would it make a difference whether or not i take physics C in my high school if it was offered?</p>
<p>Also, if possible, would it boast my chances if i self study physics C in my senior year and somehow convey that to the college during my admissions process? or is it useless since my ap scores for <em>self studied</em> physics c AND physics b were not out yet.</p>
<p>No, colleges don’t look at your specific course schedule. Last April, my S and I visited Yale and the tour guy gave us a one-on-one tour of their science labs. I asked him whether he took an AP Bio and he said he never could fit it into his schedule. Does that answer your question?</p>
<p>^but there is also the possibility that he had strong ec’s and such, i was just wondering how badly it might hurt someone if he/she doesnt take physics c?</p>
<p>If you are interested in engineering and your school offers AP Physics C, you’re going to need a pretty good reason as to why you didn’t take it. If your GC can explain the scheduling issue, that will help, but self-studying it still wouldn’t be a bad idea ;)</p>
<p>but does self studying in senior year and telling the college that you would take the test after u send in ur app help at all? I understand it may help junior year but senior year…</p>
<p>Not true above about applying for engineering and not having physics C. Most admitted to any engineering programs do not have physics C (they don’t even have physics B). Not having it is not an issue of any significance for admission anywhere. No need to self study and simply claiming it without anything to show a result is unlikely to mean much.</p>