<p>I didn’t take physics in high school though my high school offered it. I took regular pre-med physics in college because I needed it for architecture school. It was challenging but by no means impossible. The worst part was that they assumed I’d already taken a college chem course which I hadn’t. I did take chem junior year in high school, but I’d certainly forgotten pretty much everything by the time I was taking that physics course senior year n college.</p>
<p>We are not in a rural area, but there is no really practical way for a kid to take classes at our county community college - it’s a long drive and minimal public transportation. And it wasn’t any better at the local colleges - I looked for computer science courses for my older son and there was nothing.</p>
<p>NYS requires two years of science, but I believe it can be Earth Science and Living Environment (Biology).</p>