does not doing well in physics b mean im not cut out to be an engineer?

biganthony
Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:32:44 +0000

just got my AP scores back and i got a 3 in physics b, 4 in chem, and 5 in calc AB, and a 5 in bio from last year.

does my relatively weaker physics score indicate that im not cut out to be a biomedical engineer? i’m aware that physics b is supposed to be the easier physics AP course but i really think it was just magnetism, electricity, and optics and waves and those things that gave me trouble because (not trying to look for excuses) i think my teacher didnt do a very good job teaching them. She just said remember these formulas and use them and that was the end of those units more or less.

i plan on taking a full year of calculus based physics in college next year covering i think similar topics that were covered in physics b such as mechanics, heat, electricity, magnetism since i did pretty well in calc.

should i use how i do in the college physics course instead of the AP course to gauge my relative aptitude for success? because i’m going to be pre-med but if biomedical engineering is going to give me hell and kill my GPA because of my ineptitude in physics ill go with biochem/bio major.