<p>I think, though, now that we know each other a bit more personally, everything isn’t as stressful. We talk more as friends than as random applicants. That may be a benefit of the facebook group.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think we’ll definitely make it to 5000 :)</p>
<p>So is anyone going somewhere over winter break? I think I’ll be home putting the final touches on my apps before I submit…</p>
<p>It definitely is. If we get into stanford, we’ll already have friends there because of this thread and the facebook group</p>
<p>Winter break? Ummm… nope. I’ll most likely be working on finishing my online government course (which requires 5 essays as part of the final portfolio; ack!) as well as doing additional studying for the Physics subject test. It’s really hard now because I’m not taking a science class this year. My current school only offers up to Honors Bio, Chem, and Physics, all of which I’ve already taken. </p>
<p>Question for you guys: is it worthwhile self-studying for an AP in physics when my intended major is in the humanities (though I might do a minor in CS)? I don’t know. I just like physics a lot better than either bio or chem, and since I haven’t taken an AP science yet, I was wondering if doing so would be necessary. I’ll most likely have a science credit of some sort to fulfill in college anyway…</p>
<p>Oh, and is Physics B necessarily easier than Physics C? I posted a thread about this earlier, and was advised to do Physics B, but the B test has SO much material…</p>
<p>The new decisions thread just made everything so real. Gaah, can’t believe we’ll know Stanford’s decisions in less than a week!</p>
<p>@fledgling
I’ve heard the complexity of the problems in Physics B is significantly lesser. And yeah, Physics B has so much more material.</p>
<p>@fledgling
Physics B is based upon a bunch on concepts and ideas and simple equation problems in physics
Physics C is learning the mathematical ways of using those concepts in conjunction with each other and more complicated physics problems</p>
<p>B is a lot harder.</p>
<p>C is much easier after B and if you know some calculus</p>
<p>Tencandies- I’m heading to Cincinnati to visit my best friend while the rest of my family heads to Miami. So excited! :)</p>
<p>Ah, I see. Jason: your viewpoint is very interesting though. Most people seem to say that C is a lot tougher than B…</p>
<p>Hmm, I’ve been thinking that the Mechanics portion of the Physics C exam would be more manageable, especially also since I already know calculus…</p>
<p>I’m going to Florida for Christmas.</p>
<p>I’ll probably be staying home this Christmas with my family. :)</p>
<p>@ fledgling
There are a lot of concepts you would still have to study about Physics C mechanics, but if you know calculus, there are a lot of things you can figure out easily</p>
<p>Knowing calculus is not that big of an advantage. You really have to understand each problem, know how to apply each thing you learned. Since I’m a huge nerd, doing those complex problems is pretty fun though!</p>
<p>That decisions thread freaks me out big time.</p>
<p>^Me too. Makes everything seem more real, if you know what i mean</p>
<p>@ brownman23: I’m beginning to understand where all the “Physics C is hard” complaints are coming from now. Based on that, though, do you think it’s possible to self-study?</p>
<p>@ brownman
I like it too. There are a lot of kinematics stuff that is easy with calculus</p>
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<p>@fledgling </p>
<p>You gotta be really good at math to self-study Physics C. Since you want to be a humanities major, I don’t really know. But, if you’re good at math (not SAT level, but calculus and logic), it’s do-able.</p>
<p>I’d advice in buying the Barron’s book, and spending a bunch of time with it.</p>
<p>@ Swirely20</p>
<p>Haha, glad I’m not the only science-nerd on this thread!</p>