<p>If you're taking Physics C in school, what do you need to self-study in order to do well (i.e. a minimum of a 5) on the Physics B exam?</p>
<p>B is really spread out over a lot of areas, so there might be a lot that you won't even go over in your C class.</p>
<p>AP:</a> Physics B</p>
<p>This compares what you need to know for B vs. C. I don't think it's worth taking both since C usually counts more for colleges. It'll just be a ton of extra work, unless you like that sorta stuff.</p>
<p>hey im taking both physics C- Mechanics and Electricity/Magnetics. In physics B there is nuclear physics, optics/waves, and modern physics which will be covered unlike physics C...so more topics are covered but are covered vaguely and are not intesively hard mainly since physics B is non-based calculus physics....so i'd say think about it...maybe if ur not going into engineering take physics B, if u are consider not doing physics B but both physics C subjects.</p>
<p>Has anyone taken both exams? I'd like to know what exactly I'd need to do.</p>
<p>Truth be told, I'm doing this more to try to aim for my state's AP state scholar award than to get useful credit. Still, I like turbulence and thermodynamics. I'm planning to double-major in both linguistics (including phonetics, which includes the study of turbulence with various fricative consonants) and bioengineering, so I assume both the B and C syllabuses would be useful to me.</p>
<p>Why in the world would you take both exams? Just take the Physics C exams and you will get credit for Calc Based physics in College. It is utterly useless to do both.</p>
<p>Our school only offers physics B but the teacher is good and there is quite a bit of overlap between the two subjects. Last year, nearly everyone who self-studied C on their own with help and materials from the teacher got at least 2 4's and quite a few got 5's as well.</p>
<p>After looking at a few physics C MC and FR, the questions look harmless, and besides our school requires us to take the AP test if we take the course. I figure I'll just read the extra sections in halliday/resnick and get PR sometime.</p>
<p>I'm not sure CB will LET you take Physics B and C in the same year, if that's what the OP is thinking...</p>
<p>they do. Im taking both</p>
<p>You guys don't make any sense at all. Can you guys give any examples of colleges that give you more credit if you take the B and C test as opposed to only the C tests.</p>
<p>Yes. U of Minnesota gives 8 credits for B, and a additional 4 for C.</p>
<p>I looked up u of minnesota deluth and it gave 8 hours of credit for a higher physics course. Usually when it is the same course but different math, you don't get credit for the lower one.</p>