<p>got a 3
was probably of those who didn’t get a point for number three >.<</p>
<p>To my complete surprise, I pulled off a 5 on Mechanics, though I answered only two parts of FRQ #3. Woo!</p>
<p>5 on mechanics and E&M!!! surprised by mechanics, I likewise got most of FRQ 1 wrong and only did 2 parts of FRQ 3 although Im confident I received full, or close, points on the second FRQ, the lab one.</p>
<p>I got 3’s on both, which I’m pretty proud of, considering that I self-studied them, only started studying a few weeks before hand, and don’t really know calculus. But since I didn’t get 4’s or 5’s, I can’t decide if I should actually take the class next year…</p>
<p>i got 5 on mechanics(self study). i was confident I would score a 5, I was just worried that my handwriting was too illegible(since I crossed things out a lot).</p>
<p>5 on mechanics, didnt take E&M. Also 5 on physics B this year. Self studied mech from a physics B class.</p>
<p>^ What did you use/do to self study mechanics? I will be taking AP Physics B senior year and I want to self study both of the Physics C exams.</p>
<p>I wish we could see our graded papers. I’m really interested to see if they gave me points for checking every single thing on question 2, and then stating that I dropped everything unnecessary to <em>strongly</em> verify that mass doesn’t effect the conservation of mech energy.</p>
<p>I used the ap advantage physics C book, along with watching viren’s ap physics videos.</p>
<p>Oh okay, I will use those resources to study then. Thank you! Also, would you recommend self-studying Mechanics or E&M?</p>
<p>You should know Calculus or at least will take Calculus in the fall if you plan to study Physics C. Mechanics is difficult but doable and E&M even more difficult because you’ll be using multivariable calculus (beyond AP Calculus BC).</p>
<p>For Physics C I would recommend checking out video lectures in courses 8.01 and 8.02 of MIT OCW:</p>
<p>[Free</a> Online Course Materials | Physics | MIT OpenCourseWare](<a href=“http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/]Free”>Search | MIT OpenCourseWare | Free Online Course Materials)</p>
<p>^ I will be taking AP Calculus BC while I am self-studying Physics C. I did not know that E&M requires multivariable calculus; I will have to reconsider taking that one then. So you would recommend doing Mechanics then? </p>
<p>And thanks for the link!</p>
<p>I selfstudied too and may order my exam booklets, I want to see how well I did on the free response.</p>
<p>E & M doesn’t require multivariable calculus. The extent of calculus on E & M is integration and derivatives.</p>
<p>Oh that’s good! Is it possible to self study both of the exams and do very well?</p>
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<p>Sorry I exaggerated, you do not need to take multivairable calc. I heard from other ppl in CC that some things in it might be in the exam such as stokes theorem. So for E&M you should check out the course description.</p>
<p>Yes you can selfstudy both, both exams are like taking Physics I and Ii in college. Of course the AP exams are easier. And do not take the Physics B exam if you take the C exams.</p>
<p>It’s cool, pretty relieved about that. None of the community colleges around here offer Multivariable. </p>
<p>Why do you not recommend taking the Physics B and C exams in the same year? I planned on taking Physics B and self studying C.</p>
<p>I said you should not take the Physics B exam, but you can still take the class if you like. Your teacher may or may not require you to take the exam though, depends on your HS. Also if you plan to major in sciences or engineering your Physics B credit probably won’t be accepted. Studying for all 3 exams is probably not necessary.</p>
<p>At my school, if we take the class then we must take the exam. I just looked and the place I am considering going for engineering (NC State) accepts Physics B credit for scores of 3 and above. It seems that taking all 3 of these exams would be extremely difficult, so I will probably take Physics B and Physics C- Mechanics.</p>
<p>I took Calc BC along with Physics B while self-studying Physics C. We had to take a year of physics in my school before taking any AP Physics class, so I pretty much already had all the information for Mechanics (Calc AB also covered some of the topics), so I didn’t have much studying there. My teacher did not want me taking Physics C, and I had to go to the principal to be allowed to take it, so it depends on your school if you would be allowed to or not. </p>
<p>If you take both Physics C exams, then you will need to spend a good amount of time on the E&M content, as it is a lot more involved than Physics B to the extent that it will make those sections of your physics B class laughably easy. I used MIT open courseware, and watched about 10-15 lecture videos, and it was fairly good at getting the points across, although it goes on tangents periodically, which are interesting but not on the test. It’s do-able though. I got a 5 on both and was open to taking the B exam if I was made to, although there would have been no point because UMD (where I am going in the fall) doesn’t accept Physics B for engineering majors.</p>
<p>5 on mechanics! Studied for 20 minutes. That curve is quite nice</p>