<p>In my state no AP courses are offered. Students have to self-study and give the exams. The fees here is 11,000 rupees which is an obnoxious amount of money for an exam. I want to major in Physics and so I am planning to give the following exams-
Calculus AB
Calculus BC
Physics B
Physics C
I have passed 10th CBSE and am having vacation right now. I think I should give two exams this year and two exams next year. Starting today, I've got a little more than one month to prepare for any two of the exams. Will a month be sufficient to self-study them. Iv'e done very well in maths and physics in CBSE, but I'm not sure how difficult theses courses are in comparison to the syllabus I'm used to. </p>
<p>What I want to know is
1-Is a month too less to study for two exams?
2-Is four exams too less? Should I be giving more AP exams? If yes then in what subjects?
3-In addition to this how many SAT II subject tests do you suggest I should give and in what subjects taking into consideration the fact that I want to major in Physics.</p>
<p>4-I know, that stats are not the only things considered when applying for good universities, but even then how many AP exams and Subject tests are usually given by international students? </p>
<p>Please answer my questions :). Thank You!</p>
<p>1) Unless you are really smart…1 month is way too small for a 10TH grader to give AP’s…I’d advise giving them at the end of 11th grade.</p>
<p>2)You’ll need to give them in most of the subjects at high school to show proficiency in them…By proficiency I mean a 4/5 on all AP’s.</p>
<p>3) As for SAT2 you should give a math2 and physics test AT LEAST…You can add chem and how many ever tests you’d like to give.</p>
<p>Once you get a score over 2200…you are not differentiated much with the rest of the applicants…
and pls work on some cool EC’s which all of us can gape at…if plan on going to a top 10 school…we’d love to see our juniors thrive…:)</p>
<p>…tests will NOT get you too far in any case.</p>
<p>Why take both AP Calc AB and BC?</p>
<p>I’m taking AB at the moment, and as I understand it, BC is just AB with more material (and is a bit more difficult).</p>
<p>So if you’re great at math and do fine on, for example, a Calc BC practice exam, then hey! Go for BC. If your scores aren’t so great (maybe 3 or lower), then perhaps try AB.</p>
<p>Also, a month for those exams is a little rough - I personally would have to be studying at least 5 hours a day, probably, off of a review book to be able to score at least a 3 on those tests if given only a month (note, 5 hours per subject). You may be a fast learner (or better yet, genius), but Physics C and BC are pretty rough courses. I’m currently taking Bio, Stats, and Calculus AB - at my school, more than two ap courses is not recommended since our school makes the courses harder or something… - AND I’m studying for the AP enviro exam, starting this month. I can say that, without taking said courses, it might be pretty rough, if at all possible.</p>
<p>Calculus BC is exactly the same as Calc AB, but it includes sequences and series as well as integration by parts and some other topics. There is absolutely no point in taking both, since the BC test will still give you and AB subscore. Also, physics C is just Physics B with calculus. Again, no point in taking both.
For SAT subject tests, take Math 2 (NOT math 1, colleges won’t accept it), and definitely physics.</p>