<p>Today I started scheduling for my senior year, and it turns out my school is offering new AP science courses, which are AP Chemistry II and AP Physics. I'm enrolled in honors chemistry, and while I love the subject and have one of the highest grades in that class right now, I want to learn physics next year. Before AP, my school only offered regular and honors physics, and they took away honors by adding AP. Now my question is how hard is AP Physics? If you're currently taking the class, describe a typical night of homework, studying, notes you take, how hard tests are, etc. From what I understand it's widely considered the hardest AP class you can take, but I would just like an idea of what the class is actually like. </p>
<p>I took AP Physics and didn’t die…</p>
<p>Question is, is your school offering Physics B or Physics C? Physics C is calculus-based, meaning that you should know some basic differentiation and integration in order to take the exam. You’ll probably need some knowledge of line and surface integrals for Physics C - E/M (I actually didn’t take the E/M part, but 8.02 at MIT is pretty similar in content/level). I believe Physics B covers both mechanics and E/M, but has no calculus.</p>
<p>The amount of workload in AP Physics largely depends on your school. I took Physics C - Mechanics, and didn’t spend too much time on homework, but my school held occasional Saturday afternoon study sessions where we would solve free-response type problems. It was fairly difficult compared to the other AP’s I had taken, but it was a fun class overall, and I scored a 5.</p>
<p>Hmm. AP Physics at my school was horrendous. We were enrolled with like 25 kids and like 8 of them dropped out in the first two weeks. I made an attempt at leaving to no avail and am stuck in regular Physics. So shrug. If you like math and word problems and memorizing a bunch of theory/concepts, then you’ll love the course.</p>
<p>If you’re going to take AP Physics, take AP Physics C. From my own experience, Calculus makes Physics sooo much easier. I’m taking AP Physics B right now and I don’t understand any of it and have failed all but 2 tests. To me, it’s really hard; but then again I have no Physics background and maybe it’s just not my thing. I’m great at math though, so I’m not sure. My advice is to just take AP Physics C, if anything. Good luck! 
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