<p>What if I am taking Physics C: Mech. only this year and have not taken the EMag portion (it's a whole separate year at my high school)? Will getting a 5 on the AP exam this May not be of any help at MIT (like AP Chem and bio and stat?)</p>
<p>Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>see [MIT</a> Prospective Students: Advanced Placement, IB, and GCE A-Level Credit](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/prospective/ap/index.html]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/firstyear/prospective/ap/index.html)</p>
<p>the link above does not talk about what happens if you just take the Mech part of AP physics C</p>
<p>No credit for Mech only</p>
<p>I guess I will have one less AP to study for…</p>
<p>Im in a IB Physics HL/AP B class and self-teaching C, and am craming all of it into my skull as quickly as I can. Help me gah!! lol</p>
<p>Wow, your self-teaching both the mechanics AND the e-mag part?!</p>
<p>It’s too late to do it this year, but for any high school students wanting to self-study both parts of the AP physics C exam, watch MIT’s OpenCourseWare’s 8.01 and 8.02. It is a relatively easy way to learn the material, and the entertainment value is high (Walter Lewin - yay!) One of the great things is that you will get to watch demonstrations that you will never see in a high school classroom!</p>
<p>My son did this. After just watching the 30-some lectures for each class he took an AP practice exam, and scored a 4. Then, brushing up on doing free-answer problems and re-watching some lectures brought him into the 5 range. He reported it was an incredibly efficient and enjoyable way to learn the material.</p>
<p>Well this is my second year of Physics, so I am not nearly doing as much as you suggest Walton. The class I am in technically preps you for the IB Physics HL test, but it also can bring you to the Physics B level. I am self-teaching myself the jump from B to C (the extra EM/Mechanics stuff). I took calculus BC in junior year, so I know the calc.</p>
<p>The 8.01/8.02 Walter Lewin lectures are fantastic.</p>
<p>Yeah, and I highly suggest just doing that and getting 8.01 out of the way.</p>
<p>Unless you have Prof. Peter Dourmashkin for your 8.01 and 8.02 classes, 8.01/8.02 will probably bore you to tears. MIT has a lot of excellent classes, but Physics GIR is definitely not one of them unless you know what you’re looking for or take the more advanced versions.</p>
<p>I strongly recommend passing out of 8.01 if you can and use the time saved to explore a more interesting class here.</p>
<p>If we have an ap physics c background, could we try to pass out of 8.02 through the ASE?
and is 18.02 worth taking? I heard from some people that it’s kinda boring/useless too.</p>