<p>I am in IB and they've basically mapped out the next two years for us...excluding any physics class. Will this look really bad to college admissions? If I have a free period my senior year should I take one?</p>
<p>If you are not offered it, then colleges DO NOT penalize you for it. </p>
<p>If you are however offered it, and you do not take it, then you might be penalized.</p>
<p>Moral of the story: If you aren’t offered something in your school like AP’s or a class against your will, then you will not be penalized.</p>
<p>So if you have a free period, yes you should take it.</p>
<p>Okay, thank you so much, I figured as much but I just wanted another opinion. However at my school, they don’t offer an AP Physics, just “Physics I Honors”. Would that be worth it, or no?</p>
<p>^Yup. It would be worth it.</p>
<p>Okay, then I know what I’ll be doing now, thanks a lot :)</p>
<p>Most people graduating from high school usually have at least a year of physics. You want to be on the same footing.</p>
<p>What if someone has an abundance of AP classes offered and can’t find anywhere to fit in physics?</p>
<p>Freshman year requires us to take “Physical Science” which has a semester of basic physics and a semester of basic chem. Sophomore year requires us to take Biology, but it can only be either regular or Pre-AP (you can’t skip straight to AP). Then we are required to take either Chemistry or Physics. I took Chemistry (Honors), and for my senior year I opted to take AP Biology rather than get physics because I like Biology and my Pre-AP Biology teacher was terrible, so I would like a chance to learn more about Biology before I graduate. Our school’s Physics teacher sucks. So…am I going to be “penalized” because I happen to want a better knowledge of Biology?</p>
<p>^I would like an answer to that as well. I’m taking Biology HL and it’s a two year class so it’s not like I won’t be taking a science already.</p>
<p>It didn’t hurt me from getting into a top school; as long as you have four sciences at a high level, you should be fine (specifics seem more important for science-based fields).</p>