<p>Does anyone else agree that this is the hardest freaking AP out there?</p>
<p>Anyways, I struggling to get through the Princeton Review. I understand most of the concepts, but whenever I get to any multiple choice/FRQ, I completely blank. Is there a YouTube series or something out there that explains some of this? How are the rest of you studying for it?</p>
<p>I seriously think I'm going to get a 1.</p>
<p>What do you need help with? Since you know the concepts, is it just knowing how to identify the topic of each problem?</p>
<p>Also, I’m studying for it by reviewing with the Barron’s book and working past AP problems.</p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure. I just don’t know how to go about studying anymore. I feel like I’m not retaining anything I’m reading and whenever I get to practice problems, I’m completely lost. I’m going to keep reading, but I guess I just need to find a better way to approach the problems. I want to know if anyone has any strategies or useful videos.</p>
<p>^ Yes! I think that’s it! I see a problem but I don’t know how to apply any of the formulas to it. The stuff the book does to manipulate the formulas is insane.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if the actual test is easier or harder than the Princeton Review?</p>
<p>I think it is a little bit easier. I have taken a couple of previous years exams and thought they were easier than the PR test</p>
<p>You know what you want? Practice. Go to collegeboard and go through ALL the FRQs in there. Don’t just do them and move on, read the solutions. Look at the sample responses. Know your mistakes. You might find yourself lost at first, but once you’ve done a bit of them you’ll just get the hang of it.</p>
<p>If you look at the scoring guides, you’ll notice that even if you don’t really know how to do a problem, you can still get some points for things as simple as rewriting an equation or putting down the correct units. So definitely read the scoring guides. Also, I notice you are talking a lot about using formulas which I really do not think is a good strategy for any Physics course. It’s much more useful to be able to understand the formulas, because everything will not always fit perfectly, you may have to make some adjustments. My teacher has done a lot of the derivations in class, and as a result, I rarely need to look at the crib sheet. I only use it to double check.</p>
<p>Mandu, I’m with you. I’ve taken physics this year, but the AP test is optional so we haven’t done anything to prepare during class, and the classwork is pretty basic. I have the Barron’s guide and some of it makes sense but not much and it looks really hard. I’d say just know the equations and be able to apply them in different situations. And practice and study. Unfortunately I’ve got other APs before then. Has anyone taken the test before?</p>