<p>Next school year, I'm going to be a sophomore. I'm also taking AP Physics, to try and even out my AP classes, and to prepare myself for junior/senior year.</p>
<p>Should I take the SAT II exam for Physics after taking AP Physics B? Do I need to buy any sort of book, or will Physics B not cover the material?</p>
<p>I took Physics B and used the Princeton book, then used the online Sparknotes Guide to SAT Physics to study any additional topics that would be on the SAT. I took the SAT II in May a few days before the AP exam; I got an 800 on the SAT II and I’m predicting a 4 or a 5 on the AP.</p>
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<p>Definitely. The SAT II Physics exam mirrors the AP Physics B curriculum almost 100%.</p>
<p>AP Physics Sophomore year? Good joke</p>
<p>^It’s not that hard. If people can take Calc BC in freshman year, they can take Physics sophomore year.</p>
<p>Lol, BC Calc freshman? Another joke</p>
<p>It doesn’t happen at my school, but at a nearby school, it’s quite common for that to happen. </p>
<p>I know one girl from that school who’s a freshman in Calc BC; She also went to MOP this year.</p>
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<p>What? I did it.</p>
<p>I’m really taking AP Physics, though? My school’s science goes: Earth and Space to Biology to Chemistry to Physics, if you want to take a fourth year. I skipped Earth and Space, did Biology this year, and I want to take Physics next year to sort of spread out my AP classes and prepare myself for a more rigorous course load since I didn’t have too much work this year. I thought it would be a good way to prepare myself, instead of trying to take three or four AP classes at the same time my first year of having AP classes and drowning in work.</p>
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<p>I’m pretty sure most, if not all, of the kids who go to MOP, and ALL of the kids who win USAMO or win honorable mention probably took BC Calc in 7th or 8th grade, or at least by 10th grade Lol.</p>
<p>So is studying for AP Physics B sufficient for SAT2 Physics? Is there any difference?</p>
<p>AP questions tend to be more involved. You have 90 minutes for 70 questions. For SAT physics, you have 60 minutes for 75 questions. The SAT physics also has the matching type questions in the beginning. AP includes fluid mechanics whereas SAT doesn’t. Also, I heard AP won’t be covering special relativity, whereas SAT does somewhat. If you know AP material, you should do well on the SAT. The time pressure is the hard part.</p>