<p>I've been toying with the idea of self-studying the extra topics for C over the next few months. I'm currently enrolled in Physics B and Calc BC (Physics C isn't offered at my school), and both seem relatively easy to me. Has anyone on CC tried this before, and what advice can you give me?</p>
<p>I already have the PR in addition to my textbook. Not sure if this is the best for physics, but it was awesome for Chem last year.</p>
<p>i am taking c and i am DYING. are physics teacher said c was harder.</p>
<p>i was thinking of doing this, but I didnt know if it was gonna be too hard (im pretty sure I will get a 5 on physics B, but I dont know about C). Im in BC calc and doing pretty good in it so I thought I could handle C, but only 8 kids signed up so it wasnt offered. PM me tell me what you are going to to to prepare for C if you decide to do that</p>
<p>With C you will be doubling your material...most C classes meet twice as much as B classes (mine is 95 minutes/day 5 days a week). </p>
<p>Are you a senior or jr? If you are a senior - why bother? There's really nothing wrong with having to take a course on electricity and magnetism in college...just enjoy your senior year and make sure you do well on the courses you are enrolled in.</p>
<p>If you are a junior and trying for a more selective school (as most CCers are), then you might want to think about it. I don't think anyone taking C this year could tell you about teh E/M part (as mechanics is first), but its basically like another course in its own...</p>
<p>Oh, and why don't you ask your teacher what he/she thinks? We don't know you on here...there are some people that could read a chapter and do a few practice problems and ace a test on a given unit, while others have to study for hours every night to have the same grasp of it. If your teacher says go for it and is willing to give you some assistance if you need it (maybe some after-school cram sessions leading up to the exam where he/she just tests you onwhat you know and explains some things that may need explaining).</p>
<p>I am a senior, I just want more of a challenge not necessarily for the test because physics C wasnt offered and B isnt hard enough. We have 84 min every other day and 42 min the other days for B, and when C ran it had the same amount of time. And I was probably going to do the mechanics because E&M would require learning too much new material.</p>
<p>c is so hard. live-: how did u get through it?</p>
<p>my advice to you would be to take the physics c but only the mechanics section--it's really not too bad, and if you plan on going into something in science, you actually get credit if you get a 5 on it.</p>
<p>surfed pipeline, I'm in it now, haven't gotten through it yet :o.</p>
<p>But it doesn't seem too bad...I kind of enjoy doing challenging problems and working through them. I had a full year of Physics w/o calculus before this, so its all the same concepts just more in depth (and with Calculus).</p>
<p>Wow, I'm surprised at all the responses. Let me address some of the points raised.</p>
<p>I spoke to my teacher recently and she said she would support me if I decided to go for it. The school will pay for the test. My B class meets for 90 minutes a day, which is plenty of time to do everything assigned. (I usually end up working on homework from other classes during my spare time, but if I were studying C I wouldn't have time to waste.)</p>
<p>I'm a senior so it's not really about the admissions edge. I've taken 6 APs in the past and done well on all of them (4.67 average) without that much effort. I absorb material pretty easily, and I'm a good test taker. I learn best by reading. The "read a chapter, do a few practice problems" comment is a pretty good description of my learning style.</p>
<p>This year I'm also taking AP Lit, Calc BC, US and Comparative Gov, and (of course) Physics B.</p>
<p>I want to do this because I really like Physics; it's the first science course I've ever had that I've really enjoyed, mostly because of the heavy emphasis on math.</p>
<p>If anyone is using the book Fundamentals of Physics by Walker can you tell me the chapters you need to cover for the AP physics c exam? Thanks you..</p>
<p>hamster you sound a lot like me, except for a few more APs taken (ive taken 3 and averaging 4.67) taking US gov, stats, bc calc, physics b, english lang, euro history (self study) this year</p>
<p>I'm self studying Physics C mechanics, and it's pretty easy if you know calculus. I am, however, taking Physics B at the moment. We just finished the B material for mechanics and are starting on thermodynamics/waves.</p>
<p>Electricity and Magnetism looks very hard...</p>
<p>I did Physics B last year, and got a 5, and if you take Physics C the year later (after finishing a year of Calc AB at least), its really a breeze.</p>
<p>self studying physics is a really bad idea since colleges know u didnt get much lab experience</p>
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<p>So? Colleges that give credit don't say "you have to have a 5 and extensive lab experience for credit." They just have minimum scores listed. Besides, I'm a senior and adcoms won't be taking it into consideration.</p>
<p>I am doing this this year (grammar?). My teacher has 3 college physics books, that deals with it through calculus (c), which is how I am learning it. I am taking Calc bc this year and get it, although I have to read it at home because I cant pay any attention in class. I dont really want to go into physics, but when I go to college, I want to opt out of as many classes as possible so I can learn more about Computer Science/programming. My class meets for 90 min a day, 5 days a week, and I can work on the extra material in there, especially since we are starting thermodynamics and I have taken chem.</p>