<p>Which books would you recommend?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Which exam--B or C? Well, if you're looking for both, try the Princeton Review's "Cracking the AP Physics B & C Exam, 2004-2005 Edition" maybe. There's a lot other greatbooks out there, so check out other ones, too. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>I recommend PR's review. I didn't take the test, but my school's AP Physic's avg. is a 4.5...yes...it's sick. But, the teacher basically spends the last month or two going through the PR book w. us and doing practice tests...I took it sophomore year...so...eh...that's all I remember. Good Luck.</p>
<p>assume a lot of things it'll save u time, AND u get credit for most of the problem</p>
<p>Do a LOT of practice and review well. And know how to guess and work your way around problems. I wish I could give you more hints but that's basically what you do. PR is pretty good for quick review.</p>
<p>I got a 5 and I didn't read any books, just paid attention in class and did my homework.</p>
<p>Then again, the free-response part of it was insulting last year. That entire half of the exam was basically free points.</p>
<p>What questions were on it? Did you have B or C? I have B</p>
<p>Dont get bogged down on any problem- keep moving- write something for every free responce problem (60% correct gets 5's on the 2 C tests)</p>
<p>I have it right here. Physics B.</p>
<p>It was just a roller coaster problem (COE equations, cake), some buoyancy (cake), kinematics (first day of school?), loop of wire in a B-field (cake), waves going through two slits (time-consuming cake), PV diagram (easy, but be careful), and photoelectric effect questions (Kmax versus f graph, it had tons of extra information, very easy).</p>
<p>WOw thanks guys ! Which test do you get maximum college credit for ?</p>
<p>c - you if you pass both mechanics and em, you get credit for TWO classes</p>
<p>dont waste any time with B. for it, you get the credit of some introductory crap class, while for C you get credit for a majors level class.</p>
<p>alright ! so I should only sign up for C. thanks</p>
<p>Hi. I am taking AP Physics B this year. We are kinda going slow, since my teacher puts all the emphasis on mechanics, and we haven't even though about electricity/magnetism. Should I just sign up for the C - Mechanics exam, and work on that? I know the calculus stuff, since I am studying BC at the same time. I am a sophomore, applying to NCSSM, so will it be better to take b or c mechanics?</p>
<p>Sagar, you should take B for now, I don't think the Calc is down for you yet.
Then take C next year after taking the course, since B will be free if you're taking the course.</p>
<p>I don't think your parents would want to spend $160 for Calc and C.
Save them some money.</p>
<p>BTW: Most ppl on here don't know what NCSSM is.</p>
<p>Dude, you know my parents would spend like a couple thousand to take those. They don't care aslong as it is education, and I don't have to repeat them later.</p>
<p>Also, I heard the mechanics part doesn't use to much calc, just some derivatives.</p>
<p>You should take a look at some C problems. They don't have that much calculus, just alot of mathematical reasoning. </p>
<p>I take C and we've started on electricity a few weeks ago. But that doesn't really mean we're learning anything. lol</p>
<p><a href="http://vavako.tripod.com/physics.htm%5B/url%5D">http://vavako.tripod.com/physics.htm</a></p>
<p>lots of real practice problems.</p>