<p>I've taken a lot of AP courses, including AP Chem. I took honors Bio as a sophomore and this year, my guidance counselor is suggesting that I take honors physics. There is an AP physics available, but I am not a science person and since I've never taken physics, I'm concerned that it would be out of my range without honors physics first. I'm aiming for IVY/top colleges and am currently ranked first in my class. I will be taking 5 other AP classes my senior year, so it's not like I won't have any challenge - but I'm worried that taking honors physics when there is AP physics available makes me look like I am backing off. Help?</p>
<p>Don’t worry! Senior year is supposed to be fun. You mentioned that you aren’t a science person and colleges will love to see that you pushed yourself by taking honors even though you don’t excel at the subject. Also you already have 5 APs which is more than many students take in their entire high school career.</p>
<p>Plus colleges consider the “big brother” of science APs to be Biology, not Physics. So don’t stress about it! And it’s better to get an A in that honors class then a C in AP Physics.</p>
<p>Good Luck AND HAVE FUN!!</p>
<p>I have never heard that bio is the big brah of science AP’s. That said, you should be fine.</p>
<p>tehewiki…</p>
<p>I find it rediculous, even offensive, that you call biology the “big brother” of physics. Biology is indeed an important field of science, full of memorizations of so many words that students forget after the AP exam. Physics is an art, using mathematics and logistics to engineer ideas and pictures. Physics envelopes chemistry, which brings physics to molecular levels to study very detailed characteristics of elements. Biology is the same thing just with life, such as plant life. Take AP physics in my opinion, it is a wonderful class that give you a great way of thinking, especially for those who are advanced in mathematics.</p>
<p>I’m not advanced in mathematics and I have no knowledge of physics. I have taken honors bio, honors chem and AP chem. I’ll be taking AP Calc AB next year. I just want to make sure that taking honors physics instead of AP physics will weaken my application. I am concerned that without any background in physics, AP Physics will be insurmountable.</p>
<p>yeah in my school they dont let you take ap physics unless youve taken honors physics already. And theres a reason for that - learning all of physics in one year is ridiculous. Just imagine trying to take AP BC Calc right after geometry. It’s pretty much impossible.</p>