Urgent Physics Help Needed!

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<p>Someone please help me:</p>

<p>I'm going to try testing out of Physics (regular) early next month so that my school will let me take AP Physics B next year. I need a 90 on the exam to get credit, and I'm getting worried that I won't achieve that score. I JUST started reading "Physics for Dummies," but I really am having trouble with kinematics/motion. Does it get easier after kinematics? Also, could anyone please recommend any other good books/online materials I could use to cover the material in 1 month? I am also not sure about which formulae I should memorize. Here's the link to the study guides for the exam which shows what is covered on the separate parts:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1a.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1a.pdf&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1b.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oes/cbepdf/hs/phy1b.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Thanks so much for your help.</p>

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<p>..It gets harder after Kinematics. Kinematics is one of the easier topics..after htis you have electricity and magnetism. I'm sorry to tell you but it's impossible to be able to master all of those topics and get a 90% on that exam. You should've started preparing earlier.</p>

<p>However, those topics are essentially the basics of Physics B I would guess. I took AP Physics B without having to study anything before-hand, therefore it is entirely possible to do AP Physics without having to take that test...</p>

<p>It MAY be possible to cover those topics in a month depending on the depth your school requires for that exam. Do you know exactly what they want? I highly doubt those topics go into much depth because otherwise you wouldn't have much to learn for AP Physics B. It all depends on the depth. Check carefully exactly what they need you to know..talk to the teacher?</p>

<p>Anyhow, good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input, Quesce. You're saying that the topics on that review sheet will be difficult to cover in one month? Right now I'm just hoping that my school will still let me take AP Physics B if I get an 80 or so on that exam.</p>

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<p>Yes they are difficult to cover DEPENDING on the depth. You need to talk to a teacher or someone who knows and ask them exactly what needs to be covered..</p>

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<p>Yeah, I'll e-mail the Physics teacher at my school today. Considering that it's a pretty bad school, I wouldn't expect the class to be too much in-depth :)
Anyway, I scored a 65 on the practice test above, so I just need to fill in that 25% gap in my knowledge right now.</p>