Self Study AP Physics C

<p>How hard is it to self study AP Physics C both forms? Neither are offered at my school, nor online. Has anyone done this successfully?</p>

<p>I self studied for Physics C: Mechanics. The test is very difficult, but the curve is really, really generous. I didn’t answer more than half of the free response and I got a 4 on it. Just start studying several months ahead. And ask teachers for help.</p>

<p>I self studied both and got 5’s this year (sophomore). If you want me to, I can compile all of the resources I used and post them here. They’re probably two of the hardest AP tests but the curve is generally generous (55/90 points is a 5).</p>

<p>@Astrobro, Please do if its not too much trouble. I need it for E&M but I’m sure many would like a Mechanics one too</p>

<p>Yeah astrobro it would help me too! :)</p>

<p>Okay, so just so you know, I didn’t use a textbook very heavily because I took AP Physics B the year before so I already had a decent grasp of physics.
If you want a textbook, I suggest either University Physics by Young and Freedman, Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday/Resnick/whoever ( there are a few versions of this, any works), or the one I kind of used was Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Giancoli.
For a review book, the best by far is the the AP Advantage one for AP Physics C.
Because the textbooks suck, i used [Viren’s</a> Videos Free AP Physics Review Help](<a href=“http://apphysicslectures.com/]Viren’s”>http://apphysicslectures.com/) which had really brilliant, concise lectures. MIT OCW has good physics lectures (8.01 is mech and 8.02 is e&m if i recall correctly). Because hte mit lectures are targeted towards college students, they can be a bit complicated and there are a few topics covered in the lectures that aren’t on the AP test. Um…what else.
There are these past tests which are pretty useful:[AP</a> Physics C (E&M + MECH) Released FR and MC with Solutions.zip](<a href=“http://www.mediafire.com/?nk1lqxngmtd]AP”>http://www.mediafire.com/?nk1lqxngmtd)
As are the past frqs (look through the solutions too, making sure you understand how they grade can help your score)
I’ll add stuff as I think of it, but that’s the main material I used.</p>

<p>^^^thank you so much! :D</p>