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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It appears that kids taking AB are doing so in Sophomore year.  If not,wouldn't it affect the kids' choice of senior project?

For instance, my DC is planning on BC and AP physics C to be able to keep options open on Neuroscience as well as do other CS/Tech related electives in Sr. year.  If DC did calc AB now, they Senior year would be spent taking BC calc and maybe AP Physics and therefore not be able to do other electives.. [/quote]

Nope. A lot of the AB kids are juniors.  And no, it has minimal impact on senior labs.  Quantum physics and optics has AP Physics as a pre-rec, but it didn’t make for next year and is not being offered (juniors were just given their lab assignments a couple weeks ago).  I have heard that the lab director left, and they are considering getting rid of this lab permanently and using the space for the new humanities lab, whatever that turns out to be.  There are three tracks into Neuroscience, and one does not have BC as a pre-rec (2 do). Your kid can do AP Bio plus neurobio instead.  No other labs have BC or AP Physics as a pre-rec.

Here are the lab pre-Recs.

https://tjhsst.fcps.edu/node/2761

AP Physics is such a cluster—k every single year. I do not understand why TJ does not require a skip test to go directly into AP and bypass Physics 1.  Really think about whether you want your kid to take AP Physics PP.  my kid is a junior, and every kid I knew who took AP first regretted it. Many ended up dropping down, which can mean completely changing their schedule around to find an open section.  Those who aren’t are freaking out about the Ds or (the lucky ones) Cs they makes first semester.

BC is not a pre-rec for any CS electives.  You just need Foundations and AP CS.   No tech elective require AP Physics or BC. So, I’m not sure why AB would mess with electives. [/quote]

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