Is HS physics necessary [for prospective biology major]

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Do they have to take physics? [high school student, aspiring pre-med]

Trying to help my second kid, HS class of 2026, pick her junior year courses. She hopes to attend a top LAC, probably study bio or chem, and then go to med school. She has a 4.0UW at this time, and takes all of the hardest courses available to her. She took Accelerated Biology in 9th and is taking Accelerated Chemistry this year. She is also in her first year of a three-year science research seminar. (Also currently taking Accelerated Precalculus and will take either AB or BC next year.) She wants to take AP Chemistry next year and AP Biology her senior year. Is not taking physics going to disqualify her from some colleges? (She is not interested in engineering.) I feel like given her goals, AP Bio and AP Chem are probably more useful, and because of the research seminar I think taking a third science class simultaneously would be a bit much.