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Question by Thomas: Should I take AP Environmental Science or physics/AP physics?
I have taken biology freshman year and I am taking chemistry sophomore year. Should I take AP Environmental Science junior year or take AP Physics/Physics junior year?Why?
Best answer:
Answer by Sarah
other people can’t tell u why to take a class. we all have our own reasons. i personally would take environmental science just because i’m an environment freak but u should take something ur passionate about. so wether its physics or environmental science pick what u want not wwhat others want u to want.
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Depends… are you more interested in learning about nature or things like motion? I think both are interesting, and good to take. Just choose one that you think you will enjoy learning more. Make it a good experience, not something you have to endure and go through stress everyday for.
For me, I’d probably go with Physics because I’m more into learning about how things work out the way they do. I like classes that requires me to apply myself and reason through problems, not just to memorize useless facts that I most likely won’t remember.
EDIT- I just wanted to say, I completely disagree with “millancad” 100%. Every AP class out there should be a challenge, since it’s all *suppose* to be taught on a College level. They all weigh the same under the GPA scale (1 point more), and Colleges will give you credit for taking on an AP course, no matter what subject it is. You come into the class not knowing a single thing, so how could Colleges possibly assume that you knew it’s an easy course? Doesn’t AP mean rigor and challenge? AP Environmental Science may be easy for a student at one school, but it may be hell for another student at a different school, and that applies to AP Physics, or any other subjects.
I’m currently taking Trigonometry and I have one of the strictest teacher ever, but he’s a good teacher, and I have to say, this class is harder than any of my other AP classes, even though it’s just a standard class. I have never felt so good about earning B’s before, until I stepped foot into this class.
With that being said, take what interests YOU. Colleges WILL give you credit for taking on a challenge and going for an AP course, no matter what.
Colleges know that AP Environmental Science (APES) is an easy class. When they look at your application, they know that if you’re taking APES, you probably just want to look like you have a challenging schedule while taking the easiest AP classes out there.
On the other hand, AP Physics, specifically AP Physics C Electricity and Magnetism, is known to be a very, very challenging class. Colleges know this. If you take this and get an A, it means a *lot* more than an A in APES. Even if you take AP Physics B, it means a lot more than APES.
But regular physics does not mean more than APES. It may be a hard class at your school, but colleges don’t know that. You should definitely not take regular physics.
As long as you can handle it, take AP Physics. If there is no way you could get an A or B in it, then take APES. But really, you should save APES for your senior year when you can slack off a bit. Colleges want to see that you take the most challenging schedule possible every year, but Junior Year is the most important. Do not slack off.