AP Physics B or AP Physics C?

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<p>Hi! I’m a junior this year currently taking AP Chemistry. So I want to take AP Physics next year and our school just started offering AP Physics B as well as C. There’s a summer program over the year that serves as our Physics Honors prerequisite to take the AP class, since I’ve never taken a Physics class.
My dilemma is whether I should take B or C? (I know C requires calculus, I’m in Calc AB this year and I’m doing well in it and next year I’m going to take BC)</p>

<p>I was wondering what your guys’ opinion was…I heard B was easier but the teacher at my school is a worse teacher. C is supposedly harder but the teacher for this course is better. Any suggestions?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Take C. You get college credits with physics C.</p>

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<p>Take C, if you’re doing as well as you say in AB.</p>

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<p>Take C it is more widely accepted and if you are excelling at calc, then you should be fine. It also helps that the teacher it better.</p>

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<p>If the summer program also gives you the necessary prerequisites for Physics C, you should take that.</p>

<p>Beware, though, that B provides a greater overview to additional topics (like thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, atomic/nuclear physics, optics, waves, etc.) than does Physics C, but there is less depth on the topics that do overlap.</p>

<p>Also, is the Physics C course just mechanics (most probable) or half mechanics and half E&M? If it is both Mech and E&M, and you’ve never done physics before, that may be tougher for you.</p>