<p>kyt, i disagree, if you look at it, E&M is BY FAR harder....yea, probably its because you did the same thing as I did, (Mech 1st semester) so you forgot, but it comes back easily :D trust me.</p>
<p>Meng: IT IS hard for me to finish all 35 Q's, so I most of the time do about 20-25</p>
<p>Yeah. Mech 1st semester. E/M 2nd semester. Don't remember mech =(.</p>
<p>For the same person, it's definitely harder to get a 5 on Physics C Mechanics compared to Physics B. Mechanics is a lot easier than E&M, though.</p>
<p>E and M is easier lol i got a 5 on that but not on mech</p>
<p>people say e and m is way harder, but i think thats not so more often than youd think...i think e and m is much easier to imagine and conceptualize, as well as cooler and harder to get distracted on</p>
<p>For test preparation, I'm just going through two released Mulitple choice tests, and Princeton Review book, both Mech and E&M. I think knowing how to do all the problems in the Princeton Review book will guarentee a 5. </p>
<p>I don't think E&M is harder. Its just that people's background in it is very weak. If you've taken calculus, you would already know about 40% of the mechanics.</p>
<p>E&M has an easier curve, that's why.</p>
<p>Please don't tell me "there are other posts all over this board with that info," because physics C is not included on any of them.</p>
<p>Anyone know the raw score required for a 4 on Mech. and on E&M, preferably for last year's released exam as I have a copy of it?</p>
<p>No clue, but does anyone know if there are free released exams anywhere?</p>
<p>raw score for a 5 on mechanics is around 55/90
raw score for a 5 on E&M is around 49/90</p>
<p>not sure about 4s</p>
<p>checkout apcentral.collegeboard.com for released free response(you have to register, its free)...i dunno about mc though</p>
<p>Ahh! I need to study some more today/tomorrow. We have been doing a lot of pratice tests in class (just MC). I think E&M is A LOT easier just because Mechanics was taught first semester and E&M the second.</p>
<p>I have been getting ~30 right on each MC section. I hope this will help me since I hate free response and am not confident about it:(.</p>
<p>I'm going to cram all day today and take 3 full tests (or so I hope..) of Mechanics. Hopefully that should help me with whatever I'm struggling on (right now it's just ... I'm not sure actually. I think I get it but I need more work with Torque and rotation and oscillation).</p>
<p>55/90 doesn't seem TOO terrible..</p>
<p>According to the 1993 Test,
69/90 on Mechanics is 5
66/90 on E&M is 5</p>
<p>Where did you get those numbers, athlonmj?</p>
<p>Does anyone have the 2004 released exam they'd be willing to share, I have the 1998 one if they need it... email is <a href="mailto:indeedporsche@gmail.com">indeedporsche@gmail.com</a>.</p>
<p>Sorry,
that is a 59/90 on Mechanics and a 56/90 on E&M</p>
<p>56/90, is that with the multiple choice raw score multiplied by the 90/35 adjustment?</p>
<p>Free response exams from 2001 to 2004:
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/physics_c/samp.html?physicsc%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/physics_c/samp.html?physicsc</a></p>
<p>as long as we dont see any crazy sliding rail e/m problems I should be set for e/m. (I have taken 3 e/m ap tests in school, that one (98) was my only 4). For mechanics I just need to do better on the mc, my fr is fine.
I just need to slow down, I tend to finish sections in under 35 min, so I will just take the extra time for review.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the format? Is it all of the mech first or all mc first?</p>
<p>mech mc, the em mc, the the free response in the same order</p>