<p>So CC, I’m gonna be a senior next year. I’ll very likely be majoring in biomedical engineering and math in college. I’m exceptionally gifted at math. I’ve been an AIME qualifier from 8th-11th grade and I have a really good grasp on numbers and most things quantitative. Some people have told me that Physics will be a breeze. However, our school is only offering AP Physics 1 next year. So in essence, I’ll be self studying AP Physics 2, C: Mechanics, and C: Electricity and Magnetism. I took AP Calc as a freshman so that isn’t a problem. Is it possible, allowable, and advisable to take all 4 of these exams in the same year, and for someone who is extremely good with math, will it not be TOO time-consuming? How much math/calculus is in both Physics C courses?</p>
<p>There’s no point in doing 1 and 2 if you’re doing C. It’s the same material. The calculus-based gives you insight into the formulas. The concepts will be the same only a little bit more math in C. Might as well just drop one and take something like Chem or Bio or Lit.</p>
<p>If you want to take Physics 1 because that is they only one offered by your school, go for it. Taking all 4 AP tests is pointless, however. Physics C exams cover more depth and less breadth than Physics 1/2, and if you have already had calculus, you have the tools you will need.</p>
<p>As others have said, if you’re taking C, there’s no reason to take 1 and 2 since C just expands on the content in 1/2 (though there were a few topics in B not covered in C, not sure if they’re in 1/2, not enough to justify more exams though). Additionally, B wasn’t allowed to be taken in the same year as C, not sure if this applies to 1/2 as well</p>
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<p>I’ve taken Bio and Chem already and gotten 5’s so I’m good with those. Since i’m taking AP Physics 1 as a class in HS, my school forces me to take the AP Physics 1 exam. I really want to get AP credit in college though and AP Physics 1 isn’t going to do the trick for many schools. That’s another reason to take both C’s. And if they’re calc based, it should be a breeze. I hope. That leaves Physics 2, which I may as well try taking if I’m already taking the other three.</p>
<p>The only reason to take all 4 exams to get an AP scholar award, or if for some odd reason your college wouldn’t give you credit for C. Mechanics and E&M will cover everything you will do in physics 1, and physics 2 is most of E&M plus a few extra things (optics, thermo, and a little bit of modern physics).</p>
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Actually, that’s not true. Although the exams were offered at the same time, one could take one during the regular test period and the other during the late test period. Calc AB and BC are the exams where the College Board prohibits a student from taking both in the same year. Regardless, next year Physics 1, 2, and C are given on different days.</p>
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<p>Would watching MIT OCW lectures and doing practice problems be good for the exams?</p>
<p>MIT OCW is good for studying physics in general, but goes way more in depth that the AP Physics exams. I studied for AP Physics by reading the PR and Barrons prep books and by doing old free response questions. At least for me, this was sufficient preparation.</p>