<p>hey guys, couple quick questions:
1. for ap phys c, what books did you guys use? i have the barrons 2007 for phys c but im wondering, should i get the 2008? is there going to be a difference? im willing to spend the money but only if the book is better
2. for ap calc, whats the best book? the mastering the ap calculus guide by petersons? </p>
<p>thanks so much guys,
please let me know how i can manage taking phys c: mechanics and e&m. as well as taking ap calc and getting 5's on both.</p>
<p>thanks again!!</p>
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<li>2007 should be fine.</li>
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<p>A review book for physics C? Whether or not you’re self studying, avoid barrons at all costs, it totally overcomplicates things and it’s soooo much more difficult than the real thing(actually, considering this year’s test was ridiculously hard, it was only a bit harder :P)
But yeah, get AP Advantage by Mooney, it’s the best</p>
<p>yeah thanks so much guys
im gonna take mechanics in schoo
and e&m by myself
do you guys have any overall tips on how to 5 the exams?
cause like my teacher sucks and stuff
so im pretty much gonna be selfing both</p>
<p>look through my comment history, I replied to one or two threads in the past few days regarding physics c.</p>
<p>and in regards to your question about calculus, I never took AB, but for BC i found princeton decent, I didn’t need to study very much, it was just helpful reinforcement.</p>
<p>I didn’t take physic c but I did take ap calc. I used so many books. I really loved Kaplan. PR seemed a little too easy and indeed it was easier than the exam this year. What I did to study was take a whole bunch of practice tests and just review the questions I get wrong. Go online and practice the FRQs I thought they were challenging but I still managed a 5 on the exam good luck</p>
<p>yeah nice dude,
i always never buy kaplan
im not sure why, i guess i just dont like the cover
but i mean do you guys think that if i watch all the khan academy videos over the summer, i’ll be prepared for ap calc and ap physics?
do you guys have anything special you use for aps?</p>
<p>Yeah, avoid the kaplan books, especially for physics.
I’ve never seen the khan academy physics videos but the other videos are good, so you can try them. Try the OCW videos for 8.01 and 8.02 and the videos at apphysicslectures.com</p>
<p>yeah i mean im not really prodical at math and physics and stuff
but if i watch 8.01 and 8.02 should i be ok?
and is 8.02 - e&m?
also my school works in sort of a weird way:
the kids eligible for ap calc ab take it during school
then there are other kids who are allowed to stat ap calc bc after school in january after covering the first half of ab.
do you guys know how i can start learning e&m without really being fluent in calculus?
and apphysicslectures.com…there dont seem to be alot of lectures. is that really all there is to the physics exams?
thanks for everything guys.</p>
<p>I HIGHLY suggest you have a solid knowledge of calculus (at least up to AB) before you attempt physics c.
So I took both AP Physics tests this year as a sophomore after taking Physics B last year as a freshman. Because my school doesn’t offer a class for physics c, we had a free period in the day when we’d do physics but we never actually did anything. So starting in about march I watched all of hte e&m videos on apphysicslectures and the mech videos on harmonics, rotation and satellites. The website is a bit lacking in in some of the areas in mechancis, but overall, it’s fine.<br>
If you haven’t taken a physics class, you could probably use the MIT videos to prepare, I only watched a few and found them more in depth than I wanted (not that that’s bad!).
for 8.01, the lectures you can skip are 1, 7, and everything beyond 22.
for 8.02 , the lectures you can skip are 5, 6, and everything beyond 18 EXCEPT the videos with “circuit” in the name. THat’s just a rough guess</p>