<p>I’m taking the class this coming year. I’m pretty worried about it; the summer packet is a centimeter thick and I’ve barely started.</p>
<p>Post whatever you want here.</p>
<p>Can’t really participate because I’m self-studying, but I definitely would have taken the class if I could. My school doesn’t offer it. =/</p>
<p>Fun Fact: Not a single public high school or private high school in our ENTIRE school district (our city is 125,000+ people) offers either AP Physics C course except for ONE, which is a private school - I don’t know if they’ll allow me to take the exam there when May comes. I might have to drive an hour away to an entirely different city … it’s ridiculous.</p>
<p>Huh, your situation seems to, albeit a little less direly, reflect those of many CC posters. The situation with AP Physics C offerings, ostensibly, is such that no one until me even bothered to create a “generic” AP Physics C thread, only a self-study thread. I’ve had bad experiences with self-studying, mainly due to laziness and starting way too late, but even if I prepared as early as possible it seems like it’d be a difficult AP (well, two difficult APs) to self-study, particularly when many colleges only accept 5s while accepting 4s or even 3s on other subjects.</p>
<p>I’m stoked about the class. My school only offers C: mechanics but I really wish it was electricity. Regardless, I love Physics and I’ve heard great things about the class and teacher from last years seniors!</p>
<p>Really? Only one? My school just combines them into one class.</p>
<p>Mine combines it into one as well. However, the teacher is horrible so if I end up needing to take the AP test (I’m a senior), that is if the college I am attending will accept it, then I will pretty much be self-studying.</p>
<p>Yeah I think the teacher had the option but she’s much more specialized and passionate about mechanics over electricity and since they are broken into two different tests it was completely doable. But should I self study for the electricity test?</p>
<p>I would definitely recommend it. I’ve heard that some colleges only give credit if you’ve taken both.</p>
<p>My school offers one combined class as well. </p>
<p>000ooo000ooo: I’m in the EXACT same position as you. Well, I have to take it regardless because my school requires you to take the exam for every AP class you take, but I have a terrible teacher. No one is expecting a good score (at least, without self studying).</p>
<p>What is a good physics C review book?</p>
<p>At my school, AS Physics C is the culmination of an engineering sequence of classes called "Instrumentation and Automation, " so we end up doing a lot more than just physics. It’s two periods a day, and a lot my classmates (including me) are choosing to take the AP Comp Sci test too, based entirely off what we learn there. Plus, my major will be computer science anyway, so having the test is a definite plus. </p>
<p>One thing unique our teacher is doing is that he’s using the edX program that MIT, Harvard and Berkeley made as a teaching resource, which should be interesting.</p>
<p>So far, the class isn’t that hard.</p>
<p>The previous teacher of our AP Physics classes was a rocket scientist, and he was awesome. Unfortunately he retired, and I now have the luck of having a first year ap teacher for my hardest AP class. >.> I honestly don’t think he knows what he’s doing… can someone explain how the tests are different? Is there a separate C: mechanics and C: electromagnetism AP test, or are they combined? Our teacher said he’s only teaching us mechanics (wheras previously it was a combined course). How will this affect which AP exam to take and how successful I may be?</p>
<p>I am taking AP Physics C this year (senior year). I was a little hesitant to take it at first because I haven’t taken AP Calc yet (taking it this year too), but in the end I decided that it was the best course to take to prepare me for my major in college. Luckily, out of the two teachers that teach this course, I got the better one. I also had her for regular Physics in sophomore year and she was awesome!</p>
<p>@ivygirl505</p>
<p>They’re separate tests, but typically students sign up for both.</p>
<p>I haven’t taken AP Calc before this year, but so far the class is going alright.</p>
<p>At my school, the hardest class is an independent research class and AP Physics is typically recognized as the second hardest (well, roughly tied with AP Euro, which, interestingly, seems to be a joke AP for sophomores and juniors at other schools).</p>
<p>My Physics C class is combined with Physics B, as well… basically, the teacher teaches the B curriculum during the class time and with any down time assigns homework or answers questions for C.</p>
<p>There are only 6 or 7 students in total taking Physics C (Mechanics), but we’re all relatively smart (I say relatively because higher level physics would probably absolutely bewilder me) and he’s relying on us to self-study a bit.</p>
<p>The unfortunate thing is that Physics C gives credit for 1 quarter of engineering physics at our state public school, while B gives credit for a year of general physics…</p>
<p>What’s the best review book for Physics C?</p>
<p>Bump on</p>
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<p>I’m going to need to self-study this basically because my teacher is horrible but I need to know the best review book.</p>
<p>@Rob1995 You should be able to take it at your school. I self studied AP Bio, which isn’t offered at my school. When I brought this up my guidance counselor, she told me that the school could order the test for me and I could at my school. Talk to whoever is in charge of the AP exams at your school.</p>