<p>Hello. I have to have my schedule for next year completed by tomorrow, and I must decide whether to take regular Physics or AP Physics B. I am going to take AP Biology, for what it's worth. I'm not entirely sure if I should take AP Physics B though, since my Honors Chemistry teacher was telling the class it's a harder than the Chemistry we're learning now. I obtained my first C ever last semester in her class, so now I'm not sure. It may just be her teaching style though; a lot of people in the other Honors Chemistry classes by other teachers all have A's. Some of my friends had over 100s as their final grade, while even the smartest kids in my teacher's class had a mid A at the most, and the rest B's or C's. I also need to make the decision now, because I am going to do joint enrollment a college in my senior year, so I need to do the classes necessary for graduation (I can do economics at the college, as well as english, and I can do the physical education class online). I'm not sure about physics though, so I'm just going to take it next year. Please help! Thanks.</p>
<p>Lol…P.E. online? Lucky!</p>
<p>AP Physics B is pretty similar to Physics in my experience. It depends on what your Physics curriculum is. If they’re similar, go for AP.</p>
<p>I can tell you my high school Physics (just called Physics) class did the same things as the Physics B curriculum. I’d guess the reason they didn’t also call it AP Physics was because they had Physics C and didn’t want to get the two confused. They also have a “for stupid people” lower-leveled Physics (I don’t remember what they called it though) which was mostly for people who failed Chemistry, and a 2 hour class which was somewhere between the level of the general Physics and the “for stupid people” Physics and Pre-Calc combined. </p>
<p>Anyway, I can tell you I found my Physics class (which was about the same as Physics B) to be about the same difficulty as AP Chem, so I guess I’ll be agreeing with your teacher. But find out how different the Physics curriculum and the Physics B curriculum is. Also see if your school has other Physics options which may be better suited for you. I think a lot of schools do it the way my school did.</p>
<p>My school’s like qwerty’s. Honors physics = AP Physics B. It’s not called that though because students in classes with the AP label are required to take the exam in May (school policy); with honors physics, you get to chose whether you want to take it or not.</p>
<p>If you plan on majoring in science or engineering, I’d take AP physics B, or self-study AP physics C somehow. If not, it doesn’t really matter.</p>
<p>If you got a C (even just for a semester) in Chem, AP Physics is probably a bad idea. A lot of my friends are in IB Physics and Chem, and from what they say, a lot of the concepts overlap (though Chemistry is more conceptual at times). You’re probably in for a rough year if you go for AP.</p>
<p>The only place I can think of where Chem overlaps with Physics is in thermodynamics. What are the others? Lol, I’m forgetting stuff already…</p>
<p>Ehh… Again, I’m not sure if it was just a bad teacher. Ah damn it, I need to make a decision quick, I need to have my forms in by tomorrow.</p>
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<p>AP Physics, if it’s too hard you could always drop
Also, you’ll thank yourself later once you got some more AP tests done.</p>
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<p>If you got a C in honors chem, I think you should just take regular phyisics, not AP B.</p>