<p>Precalc Course summer before Senior Year
AP Lang
AP Calc
AP Physics
AP Spanish
AP Euro</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>Precalc High School Course summer before senior year
AP Lang
AP Spanish
AP Calc AB
AP Euro
AP Economics(AP Micro/Macro)
(Independent Study in physics)</p>
<p>I don’t want to do anything in science in my future, if that matters. Duke University is my number 1, and I want to go into finance/Law
Really not a big fan of science, which is why I might prefer taking physics summer before. In order to take AP Physics and AP Calc, I would have to take a precalc course over the summer. FOr the second schedule, I would just take physics during the year, likely online, as I am fairly certain that most colleges want to see it. Would they look down on it if I took it over the year as non-ap independent study, or not take ap economics and take ap physics as a regular class?</p>
<p>BTW, duke is my #1 right now, prelaw/business program, great extra curriculars, 2310 SAT.</p>
<p>I have the same physics issue. Don’t really love physics, but I am probably going to end up taking it online. If you have never taken physics, go online. At least at my school, AP Physics is brutally hard. Also, if you really like finance, take classes that are your passion, as long as you have others, which you do, they won’t mind. they just don’t want to see all history for example.</p>
<p>Duke does not like online courses, so I would recommend not taking physics online. At the same time, I also don’t recommend taking physics just because you think colleges want to see it. If you aren’t a science person, then you aren’t a science person. Do the second schedule, but do not worry about taking physics online. Does your school offer anymore APs? </p>
<p>Okay and finally, apply ED!!! If Duke is your first choice, then show them.</p>
<p>Thanks for both of your help. My senior year schedule if I follow the second plan will be as follows.</p>
<p>AP Calc AB
AP Economics(AP Macro + Micro)
AP Lang
AP Spanish
Ap Euro
Latin 3
Russian Studies||Gym(Both Required)
Free Period(Required)</p>
<p>As you can see, I have no more room in my schedule for any more AP’s. Between junior and senior year, I would have taken 8 AP’s, with the other non-required classes being honors. (i.e. Honors Spanish 5, Honors English, etc) So I really have no more room for AP’s. Can you clarify what you mean by saying they don’t like online classes? I would think that colleges would like my taking the initiative and taking this other class that would be helpful. And beyond just Duke, it would help me with my other schools if I was denied or deferred from duke early decision, no? I would appreciate any advice anyone can offer!</p>
<p>Personally, I have not heard of any college not liking online classes. For me, there is simply no room in my schedule, and I have no desire to replace a class i enjoy with physics. Yet i still want to gain some sort of physics background, just as general knowledge. I don’t think that if you want to gain some sort of basic understanding that you shouldn’t take it online, just don’t do it JUST for college admit purposes.</p>
<p>Duke is absolutely okay with online classes. All of my 9 APs except for one were taken online, despite my school offering each of them, and I was accepted with no hooks (and several anti-hooks). </p>
<p>Either of these schedules will be fine. Best of luck!</p>
<p>To be completely honest I doubt it makes any difference at all, but like a previous user said, online courses are seen as cop-outs by many places. I would just skip Physics altogether if I were you, the AP test is a complete joke if you do it by yourself (easy to learn to the test, lots of “modern physics” and other useless material clogging it) and Duke gives no credit for B. C and above take a lot of work and an excellent teacher for it to be worth your time.</p>
<p>I think online AP courses are OK as long as you took the AP test. Having a standardized test that everyone takes regardless of how they learned the material gives the adcoms an objective way of evaluating how you did and whether that demonstrated your academic ability and potential. Otherwise, if you don’t take the AP test, then it would be hard for the course to be very meaningful from the admissions point of view I would think. </p>
<p>As for Physics B, I’ve never taken it but I do hear that it’s easy. Physics C, however, is no joke. A class is highly recommended along with a competent teacher (or at least one with practice tests going back several decades and mean enough to make you do a few every week) but it doesn’t have to be AP. Any old college intro physics course will do as long as you do it with calculus.</p>