u/Je_Kit

I am in my junior year and I just dropped Physics 1 (I will take it in Grade 12). Originally, I was going to take it this year, and then take C in my senior. But for my school, it's a requirement to listen to Physics 1 before C so I won't be able to do that: but my college counselor is now telling me that I have no chance in getting into top universities such as UC Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, etc because I don't have C. How much of that is true?

Note: I want to major in aerospace/mechanical engineering and currently rigor of class is:
AP Chem
AP Calculus AB
AP Lit
AP Research

and more to come in senior year.

I don't have a strong physics background but our school had something like Science 9, Science 10 (which teaches the basics of biology, chemistry, and physics) so I have encountered physics there. I know basic stuff like electricity and Newton's laws and simple calculation problems. I want to go to university for aerospace so strategically, I feel like taking Physics 1 this year (I am a junior) and C next year will help me get there.... but AP Physics is apparently hard? Even though it's algebra based? So should I take it or not?

Ap Bio test is literally 2 days away (and I should probably be studying and not be on reddit) but I've been getting 3s on both MCQ and FRQ....anyway could I get an overall 5 or am I cooked