<p>hola ccers,
is it possible to take ap physics b without taking regular physics? any recommendations on what i should study in order to do well in ap physics.
thanks</p>
<p>It is possible..I did it. Study as much in advance as possible because the difficulty in AP Physics B is not that the actual content is difficult, but that there is too much content and simply not enough time.</p>
<p>o, thank you. is there anything that i should definitely focus on while studying, like any major topic in ap physics that might cause some problems? thanks again</p>
<p>kinematics, ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM...E and M was difficult in honors physics...sure to be harder in AP</p>
<p>thank you.....</p>
<p>I found electricity and Magnetism to be hard so you might want to concentrate on that..</p>
<p>magnetism is very hard as i found out and the chapters on force is tough.</p>
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<p>I found it tough at first too but by the end of the year, it was the easiest chapter for me.. The key is to draw Free Body Diagrams..</p>
<p>Someone please help me:</p>
<p>I'm going to try testing out of Physics (regular) early next month so that my school will let me take AP Physics B next year. I need a 90 on the exam to get credit, and I'm getting worried that I won't achieve that score. I JUST started reading "Physics for Dummies," but I really am having trouble with kinematics/motion. Does it get easier after kinematics? Also, could anyone please recommend any other good books/online materials I could use to cover the material in 1 month? I am also not sure about which formulae I should memorize. Please PM me if you want me to send you the link to the course outline. Thanks so much for your help.</p>
<p>Spend the entire summer on mechanics - forces, circles, water, all of it. Mechanics isn't too difficult, but the stuff you learn in mechanics will:
a) be thorougly understood by everyone who took reg. physics, meaning you'll cover it very quickly, and
b) be referenced throughout the rest of the book, making the course very difficult if you don't understand it. IE you'll be doing electricity problems that involve gravity and force diagrams - difficult if you suck at gravity and force diagrams.</p>
<p>Thanks Alexandre. The exam's in 1 week, and I'm panicking (I'm learning about momentum right now).</p>
<p>If you're interested, here's the link to the review sheets, which say all that I should know for the exam:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1a.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1a.pdf</a>
<a href="http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1a.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1a.pdf</a></p>
<p>What's the chances of me learning all this stuff in 1 week? I feel a bit encouraged when I hear of people who self-studied some APs the week before the test.</p>
<p>do you know anyone who's gone straight to phys c? at our school almost everyone goes straight into b because the teacher rocks and prepares them well. he's also the C teacher so that makes me happy</p>
<p>I studied for the physics regents like a madman last month only for the school to tell me there was no way I could skip the freakin' lab component. -_-</p>