My DS attended NASS last summer. He was fortunate enough to pick the brain on one of the counselors who told him the importance of AP Physics. When he returned he immediately got with his Guidance Counselor to switch his schedule from AP Biology to AP Physics. (He did take AP Chemistry his Junior year of high school.) I hope this helps. He starts Plebe Summer in just over 2 months and I pray he is ready for this great adventure.
Thank you . I know it is confusing to some about the difference between AP and honors ,but so many of the high schools do things differently.
Even though my son has taken Honors Physics, Honors Chemistry and Honors Biology (and AP Biology) ,the curriculum for the AP courses in Physics, Chemistry and Biology are different. I think some people on the previous posts think you can take AP physics as your only physics class in high school ... but you have to take either physics or honors physics as the prerequisite to AP Physics.
SOooo.... taking in all of the information and advice ,my son will now have the following sciences upon graduation:
Honors Biology ( freshman year)
AP Biology ( junior year)
Honors Physics ( sophomore year)
AP Physics ( senior year)
Honors Chemistry ( junior year)
Just met with guidance counselor and son will have following classes senior year:
AP Calculus
AP Literature
AP Physics
AP European History
AP Governement
AP Economics
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