Science degree without studying science in high school

I was raised in India, and because of the weird educational system, at 10th Grade I was forced to choose between an exclusively commerce or science stream. Young as I was, I chose commerce. Now I'm having second thoughts about my undergrad, and every university I look at, requires at least a two science subjects at a senior high school level. Is there anyway to get around this(Any good university anywhere with a Physics Bachelor program without high school science requirements, as stupid as that may sound)? Or do I have to give up my dream of learning science?

I have a reasonably good academic track record with 90 percent in 12th, but like I said, the subjects are completely unrelated.

 

I can think of at least a couple of ways around this problem. The first is to simply take a couple of courses. You could look at LSU as a source as it's relatively inexpensive and can be accelerated or decelerated according to need

https://is.lsu.edu/courselist.asp?nid=102&Level=CO&Online=0

They won't care what you studied in High School and you can transfer the credits into virtually any Bachelors degree program.

The second idea is to take the CLEP tests for any given subject. If you study and learn well independently then this should be no problems and it's actually the least expensive alternative. Read through our forum on CLEP testing for more information.
Best of luck.

 

If I pass the CLEP tests for Natural Sciences, can I bypass the high school requirements? Purdue university for instance seems to be CLEP friendly but they don't mention substituting it for high school credits.

 

you could ask, that's a reasonable option. If not CLEP, then as Kizmet suggests, you can likely get around this simply by taking a college level science class (whether or not it transfers back in might not matter) but you need to ask these specific questions to the school- no one here can say for sure, only give you ideas.

 

Blame the British for the weirdness. Historically India had a very good education system until Brits systematically destroyed it.
Welcome to the USA, Here as advised above LSU, CLEP are your best friends. There may be other options, you may have to look around.

 

I never attended high school. I started at community college in the US at age 16 and progressed to university and graduate school, finishing with a masters degree in chemistry. I believe this route is still possible.