<p>Qualifications: self-studied precalc, AP Calc BC, and all the AP Physics exams, getting mostly 5s except E&M (which I didn’t have much time to study for).</p>
<p>For Physics C, you’ll need to know how to differentiate, how to solve differential equations, and how to integrate. For learning those, you can use:</p>
<ul>
<li>a cheap textbook on Amazon for standard coverage at the university level (I used [Larson’s</a> textbook](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Single-Variable-Seventh-Larson/dp/0618149163/]Larson’s”>http://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Single-Variable-Seventh-Larson/dp/0618149163/) way back in 9th grade and it was decent)</li>
<li>the [AoPS</a> textbook](<a href=“http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Store/viewitem.php?item=calculus]AoPS”>http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Store/viewitem.php?item=calculus) if you’re looking for a challenge and some more rigor (what I used in 10th grade)</li>
<li>an AP prep book. Princeton Review is usually touted as the best for calculus; I used [Be</a> Prepared for the AP Calculus Exam](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Be-Prepared-AP-Calculus-Exam/dp/0982477554/]Be”>http://www.amazon.com/Be-Prepared-AP-Calculus-Exam/dp/0982477554/) and found it to be very useful, so take your pick.</li>
</ul>
<p>Those will cover everything you need and then some (i.e. you don’t need the “applications of <derivatives integrals=”“>” chapters).</derivatives></p>
<p>For physics, I used the textbook by Halliday and Resnick. [The</a> one with Krane as a coauthor](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Physics-1-David-Halliday/dp/0471320579]The”>http://www.amazon.com/Physics-1-David-Halliday/dp/0471320579) is the best for standard coverage of the material; the newer ones with Walker seem to be watered down according to reviews. My friends have also used the [textbook</a> by Tipler](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0716783398/Z8TWW5MZWXEM5W3MQ]textbook”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0716783398/Z8TWW5MZWXEM5W3MQ) with great success - two of them became Physics Olympiad semifinalists. You can also go with only using an AP prep book if you don’t need that much depth - I recommend [AP</a> Advantage](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/AP-Advantage-Physics-James-Mooney/dp/1413804926/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313599078&sr=1-1]AP”>http://www.amazon.com/AP-Advantage-Physics-James-Mooney/dp/1413804926/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313599078&sr=1-1) and Princeton Review. </p>
<p>Other helpful resources:</p>
<p>[AP</a> Physics videos](<a href=“http://apphysicslectures.com/]AP”>http://apphysicslectures.com/)
[MIT</a> OCW Scholar courses](<a href=“http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ocw-scholar/]MIT”>OCW Scholar Courses | MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials)
[the</a> Mechanical Universe and Beyond videos](<a href=“http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html]the”>http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html)
[past</a> AP exams if you need them](<a href=“http://dump.harishlall.com/physics/apreleasedexams.zip]past”>http://dump.harishlall.com/physics/apreleasedexams.zip)</p>
<p>Note: for textbooks, getting older editions is definitely fine. Calculus, mechanics, and E&M haven’t changed very much at all for a while.</p>
<p>My sequence was pretty much Physics B + Algebra 2 -> precalc -> calculus -> Physics C. If you’re learning calculus for the sole purpose of learning physics, then you can learn them simultaneously, reading up on whatever you need from calculus as you go along. I do recommend learning calculus first, but if you’re starting at this point and you want to learn the AP material by May, then you might not have time for that.</p>
<p>Of course, you could also take online ([EPGY[/url</a>] or [url=<a href=“http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/gll/]CTD[/url]”>Online Programs | Northwestern Center for Talent Development]CTD](<a href=“http://epgy.stanford.edu/]EPGY[/url”>http://epgy.stanford.edu/)</a>) courses or CC courses. But online courses can be expensive, and CC courses might end up only being offered in the morning or becoming full before you can register (the latter of which happened to a physics class I was going to take). If it were possible, I would have taken CC courses instead of learning everything on my own, because pacing yourself to finish stuff on time can be difficult with a lot of schoolwork.</p>
<p>Good luck and have fun!</p>