AP Physics 1 as a Freshman?

skieurope
Thu, 04 Feb 2016 02:05:43 +0000

I think that taking AP Physics in my freshman year would look pretty impressive

Don’t choose courses to impress colleges - they won’t be impressed.

she says that they were most likely not going to allow me to take two science courses at the same time

She’s probably right. With graduation requirements, freshman typically have little flexibility in course selection, and doubling up in any subject is unlikely. However, the only person who can really answer that question is the GC at the HS.

even if I got in, it would be very difficult and I would probably fail.

The question to really ask is how did students at your school perform on the AP Exam last year? Overall, 63% of the test takers failed the AP Physics 1 exam last year due to a number of reasons.