<p>I go to a really small high school. It offered AP Chem in my soph. year but I took Bio instead, and when it was time for me to sign up for AP Chem in junior year, the school canceled it. They canceled AP Phys. on me, too.</p>
<p>They had Physiology during one of my core classes during junior year, but when I signed up for it for senior year, they canceled that class too. </p>
<p>Basically, I have only Conceptual Physics (9th), Bio Honors (10th), and reg. Chemistry as my sciences. Will my situation hurt me at all for admissions? Do I still have a shot at a top univ. w/ cool SAT scores (2390 SAT I) even though I’m stuck w/ plenty of elective classes for senior year?</p>
<p>I think your local community college might take a second look at you mate but beyond that I’m afraid the diagnosis ain’t good. cuz you know, colleges are totally clueless about what classes your school offers and will just always assume everything is available, and punish you for not taking them. maybe you should join the army or something?</p>
<p>well, that is really bad. but, a college cannot reasonably punish you if a school cancels all of its available science classes. if there really aren’t any other ones that you could possibly sign up for, you definitely need to write about this in the additional info sections of apps. also, try to have your counselor explain the situation in your school report.</p>
<p>every school is different. the admissions committee evaluates your efforts based on what options were available to you. You’re not screwed. Make sure to have your counselor detail the situation, and explain that if these courses were available, you are the type of student that would take them.</p>
<p>I hope colleges check what classes a school offers. In my situation I am in all the hardest classes, but my school only has 1 AP class and the rest are honors.</p>
<p>Would you be able to take a physics or chem class at a community college? That might make up for it. I do believe colleges receive a little profile of your school along with your application (what AP classes are offered, the school’s average SAT score, etc.). At least that’s what my school did. </p>
<p>If your counselor included it in the rec, I think you’d be fine.</p>
<p>Yes, you are evaluated on how much you challenged yourself relative to the classes available, or that’s what they say. However, doing well in a community college science class would probably help your application because it shows you went out of your way to take harder classes.</p>
<p>I would ask to see the high school profile document that will be sent with your application. Did the school add specific information to it about the courses that were not offered, or does the document say that all these courses are offered (because some years they really are)? If the document doesn’t adequately explain the lack of advanced science courses, it would be a good idea to specifically ask your counselor to mention it in your recommendation.</p>