Should I drop AP Physics?

Question

I have scheduled AP Physics and AP Calc and AP Spanish and government, and I'm taking English at a local university two nights a week. Also I need to leave time for working and I don't feel like killing my senior year by not having any free time, plus I have band. I plan on going into engineering of some kind at this point (but who knows, that may change) and I know AP Physics might be a good idea, but at the same time I know people who are going into engineering who just took regular physics their senior year (which I've all ready taken). Though I could drop spanish or calc I'm relatively sure Calc would be more benefical than Physics, at least from what i've heard and what I expect of each. And spanish I won't drop. I really enjoy spanish and I've been doing it forever, and I'm going all the way, end of story. Yeah... so I don't know.

Answer 1

I took AP Calc and regular Physics my senior year. I should have just taken AP Physics because I felt there was not much of a difference between the classes. At first grasping the concept is hard but then it becomes routine and easy. For Physics, read the textbook because that will be your best friend to getting a A in the class. Besides, AP Physics would help the GPA. Spanish AP is easy and a good way to get AP credit. AP Calc in high school is better than in college because instead of learning at a moderate pace in one year, you learn everything in one semester. Hopefully, you can get the AP Calc credit, which would be helpful for your major in college as well.

I believe, you should take these classes but if you feel that you are stressed and working yourself to exhaustion then drop a class that you are not comfortable with.

Hopefully, this helped.

Answer 2

Don't drop physics - with it you'll be ahead of the game for engineering. Don't drop the calc, either, as you'll probably need it for the physics (or is your AP physics not calculus based?) I would either drop the spanish or the government class, if you really need to drop something. Actually, I'd stick with everything, at least for a month, then see how things are going. I know lots of people who took 5 AP classes senior year, plus extra-curriculars, they did fine. (I only took 4, because I was afraid of AP English. And I had 3 orchestras, math team, church activities, baby sitting, and sports.)

I have to admit I'm a bit biased - I'm a college physics prof and I'm an advisor to some engineering majors. And I was the typical overachiever in high school.

Answer 3

I think most colleges have regular physics, and then calc-based physics. They usually recommend that you take one or the other, not both. I'm sure you'll need to take calc-based physics eventually as an engineering major. So my suggestion to you is to skip the physics for now and take AP calculus. Then you will have the prerequisite for calc-based physics when you start college, and you won't waste your time taking basically the same course twice.

Answer 4

You'll need at least two semesters of Spanish before college so if you don't have that already, keep it. If you've got your English requirements done, drop that. The others I'd keep especially if it helps make college easier.

Answer 5

Keep it up in AP physics.You need that class.

Answer 6

Careful that you are still leaving time for being a teen....

Leave some time to be creative, like with your band.

Good luck

Answer 7

drop AP spanish language its worthless. sorry.