AP Physics C without Calculus knowledge?

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<p>Hi everyone,
I'm a senior in high school and going to take AP Physics C and AP Calculus AB cocurrently.</p>

<p>However I'm very worried about physics, because people told me it would be hard as hell to take it without taking any previous calculus course.</p>

<p>But then some other people told me only basics of calculus are used in Physics C, so it would not be a problem to take it if I am taking AP Calculus AB cocurrently.</p>

<p>What should I do? Any opinion?</p>

<p>P.S. I took AP Physics B last year and I did quite well...</p>

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<p>Watch PatrickJMT’s videos
on Youtube so you can learn some
calculus. Good Luck!</p>

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<p>You’ll be OK, probably, but it will be much more difficult than if you’d already taken calculus. Good luck.</p>

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<p>concurrent works</p>

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<p>You should be okay especially since you already took Physics B.
From my personal experience, last year I took Physics C and BC Calculus at the same time (without prior calculus knowledge). There were some parts at the beginning of the school year that I had to self-study a bit (derivatives & integrals). However, after the first few months of Calc AB you should be fine. The calculus in Physics C really isn’t that difficult IMO</p>

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<p>Thanks thebrainyone, that encouraged me a lot. I am pretty sure I will be one of the very few or even the only one to take physics C without any prior calculus knowledge in my physics C class, so I guess it will be kind of embarrassing to start physics class compared to my peers… w/e I’ll catch up anyways.</p>

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<p>Thanks RPreZZ! I’ll take a look at the videos before school starts to gear up :)</p>