I think they do care if you know intro physics, well I guess it depends on what you are doing but if you are going into a related field in graduate school or in

I think they do care if you know intro physics, well I guess it depends on what you are doing but if you are going into a related field in graduate school or industry they probably do want you to know this. Unfortunately, they don't have a good way to assess this skills/knowledge so they use your grades as a proxy.