<p>Honestly physics is not my thing. I took mechanics and I ended up with a 1 :(. I tried really hard too but mechanics never stuck to me</p>
<p>Now, don't ask me how, I'm set up to do e&m now.</p>
<p>I was just wondering if someone could tell me if and how the learning curves are different between these 2? I REALLY want to do well now to make up for that mechanics even with just e&m but i'm practically self studying it </p>
<p>Considering that I couldn't wrap my head around the concepts in mechanics, how would I fair in e&m</p>
<p>A lot of my friends have said that its completely different but they're split on if it was easier or harder</p>
<p>Having self studied both courses (scored 5s) I would have to say E&M is much more difficult, conceptually, than mechanics. Some of the topics (ie inductors, electromagnetic flux) are, in my opinion, harder to understand than the most difficult mechanics topics (rotation). On the other hand, though, it seems that the questions on the E&M don’t vary too much due to the limited situations they can test on - there’s almost always a Gauss’s Law question. Sorry to say, though, if you scored a 1 on mechanics, your chances for doing well on E&M are pretty low.</p>
<p>I feel that E&M is far more difficult. They are certainly different. Mechanics came fairly intuitively to me but E&M is another matter. I have not actually taken the AP test yet but I studied extensively in the summer and the majority of this was spent in E&M. I agree with the above poster. I advise just not taking E&M. If physics is not your thing, this class will probably be hell for you.</p>