<p>Hi
I'm junior.
I'm thinking about take AP physics next year.
But my friends saying its crazy. They say it's will be the most time consuming AP class ever.
Does anyone take AP Physics before? Is it hard to get 5 ?
(I'm in honors physics right now. and It is not hard for me.)</p>
<p>Beside AP Physics,
I'm gonna take</p>
<p>AP English Lit&Comp ,AP Calc BC& AP Calc BC lab(mandatory)
AP Govt,Economic, psychology</p>
<p>Do you think too much ap classes for senior year?
I don't want to mass up my GPA because of too many APs. :(
I haven't take any ap class before.so I'm worried.</p>
<p>The concepts are pretty much logical and aren’t too hard to understand.</p>
<p>It just depends on your teacher tho-- Some teachers may give a BIG homework load every day, in which you’ll be forced to divide your time wisely between your other classes. Other teachers like mine barely give any homework, so the class is not time consuming at all.</p>
<p>Do not listen to Sagret or anybody else who straight-up says that AP Physics is easy. Considering that you’re taking honors, it should be les challenging, and if you do your textbook problems, you’ll have a much easier time. In fact, I find many of the subjects to be easy after dealing with them for awhile. However, in general, AP Physics is not easy. Some of the problem-solving skills needed can be ridiculous at times, especially for the two-star Cutnell / III Giancoli problems. The free responses can still be a pain, although you have a formula sheet, and the multiple choice is designed to trick you. The class will only become easy with practice. It’s not a class like psychology where you can sit down, read, and learn fully.</p>
<p>However, the class is very rewarding, and physics is a very satisfying subject. Whatever you choose to do, good luck!</p>
<p>@Keasbey Nights, I don’t think AP exams would have such difficult problems as the two stars. In MC, it’s all concept and little hand calculation, and in FR, it’s like the concept questions at the end of the chapter and it can be as easy as the no-star problems or the one-star problems, but usually it’s in between.</p>
<p>@manu101, I agree. The concepts are so difficult since they’re more abstract than any other ap science class I have taken.</p>
<p>If you have taken Honors Physics, I think you would do well in the class since you have the background knowledge. However, you should not expect that Honors Physics will help you throughout AP Physics though. In my AP Physics B class, there are students who have taken physics (regular. school does not have honors), but they’re not doing so well. And in my opinion, I think it will be hard to get a 5 on the AP exam, but I’m going to take it this year to see.</p>
<p>Jerry - oh jeez, when I was typing my response, I meant to say that the FRQs aren’t on the two-star level. However, physics exists outside of the AP curriculum. I always try to solve every two-star problem in the chapter.</p>
I always try to solve every two-star problem in the chapter.</p>