Should I take AP Physics 1 junior year?

cram545
Fri, 01 Feb 2019 03:13:34 +0000

Does your school offer AP Physics 2? In my school the honors physics curriculum is similar to AP Physics 1 (AP is more in-depth and less straightforward questions). So, I have a friend who took honors physics one year and then took AP Physics 2 the following year. You can get a feel of what physics is like and figure out whether or not you’ll succeed in its AP version. If not you could take another science senior year.

Colleges like to see that you have taken physics, whether it’s AP or not, so definitely take some sort of physics at some point in your high school career.

Also, consider this: if you’re applying to elite college, taking any more than 8 APs in your entire high school career will not significantly benefit your admissions chances. If your school offers very little APs, this threshold is even lower. After a certain number of APs, colleges get you can handle the work. So it it okay to take only 3 APs junior year.