<p>Hi, I’m currently a junior and am going to finish my first year of Physics this March. I really love it and know I’m going to take it next year. Our school offers AP Physics but I don’t know if it’s AB or BC (I don’t even know what those mean) or something else. Is it possible for me to take an AP Physics class at a community college after March that way I can take a harder Physics class for next school year? I’m not too concerned if it’s AP, however if colleges care a lot about it, it seems I would have to?</p>
<p>physics is B or C (Mechanics/Electricity & Magnetism)</p>
<p>the latter is calculus based.</p>
<p>AB and BC are for calculus ap</p>
<p>Why don’t you just take the AP Physics class available to you next school year? I think this depends on the school, so you should ask whoever is in charge of academic counseling if you can take summer courses. (My school’s summers are way too short for a CC course.) </p>
<p>There are three types of AP Physics exams: B, C: Mechanics, and C: Electricity and Magnetism. The exams labeled “C” require Calculus, and so their courses will require that you be concurrently enrolled in a Calculus class or have taken Calculus before. AP Physics B requires algebra (both 1 and 2), some trig and really basic pre-cal, but covers a MUCH broader range of topics.</p>