What to take instead of AP Physics C E&M?

[ucbalumnus]

@QuantMech

There is also the question of whether to place out of the college’s mechanics course using AP credit, or to decline the credit. This depends a whole lot on the college. (At one extreme, I imagine that most of the Caltech freshmen have AP Mechanics, but still start in the first physics course there.)

Caltech does not use AP scores for advanced placement, but does have its own placement tests.

For colleges that do use AP scores for advanced placement, a student whose AP score allows advanced placement may want to try the college’s old final exams for the courses that can be skipped, to verify his/her knowledge of those courses by the college’s standards.