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[quote=Anonymous]DS is currently interested in majoring in biology, ecology, animal science, or something similar at a Virginia state school, out-of-state public, or possibly a private school.  His weighted GPA is 3.5-3.6, ACT is 31.  He's taken honors biology, chemistry, and AP chem, as well as various other non-science AP classes. He's scheduled to take physics this year but has asked his counselor if he can switch to ecology (his counselor actually suggested it after learning of his interest in this area). He's currently on the wait list. I was looking at University of Delaware's website and they state that biology majors should take physics in high school, as well as biology and chemistry.  So that made me wonder if the lack of physics on his transcript would hurt his chances of admission at his match schools. Except for stumbling across this information on the Delaware website, I've seen only generic requirements on other schools' websites, like 3-4 years of lab science. For what it's worth, I think he'd like physics and I want him to take it for that reason, but he's also interested in ecology so I was going to let this go.  Until I thought about the possible admissions penalty. Thank you.[/quote]

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