F=ma exam (USA Physics Olympiad)

owsophomoreyear
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 09:35:55 +0000

Heyo!

I’m taking the exam this month, a week and a half from now, in fact.
Content on the F=ma exam includes that from both AP Physics 1 and 2, as well as a few basic chemistry-oriented things like ideal gas law.

If you actually think you’ll make it to the next round (it is ~really~ hard to get that far) then you’ll also need to have knowledge of E&M and waves/oscillations, as well as much of the math you need for the actual competition (Taylor Expansions, basic linear DiffEQs, basically the first three undergraduate physics classes).

I think that’s about it. Get yourself a study book and start with AP Physics 1 and 2 if you’re serious about it.