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I heard that colleges look for AP physics a lot. Is that true? Because I really want to take AP CHEM and AP BIOLOGY and not really AP PHYSICS. Does anyone know about that?

By Thedad (Thedad) on Sunday, June 29, 2003 - 04:48 pm: Edit

I haven't encountered that particular bias and it seems dubious unless one were going to be majoring in science or technology and even then.... Colleges *do* like to see a full sequence of Bio/Chem/Physics but those are ordinarily taken on a prep or honors level before AP's in the same subjects.

By Cowgurlsblu (Cowgurlsblu) on Tuesday, July 01, 2003 - 04:12 am: Edit

I have never heard of a preference for AP Physics, though I am sure that depends on you major. Obviously, if you are applying under engineering, they'll want to see math and physics. However, I definitely recommend the class if the teacher at your school is decent. I took AP Physics last year having no love of either math or science and it was the best class I took in high school.