Self Study AP Physics C without a physics background?

dococtopi
Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:43:43 +0000

I sort of did self-study last year by taking Physics B online…

If you can put in the time commitment, you’ll be fine. Otherwise, you will struggle and the result will not be pretty. Physics isn’t just an easy course that you can blow by; Physics C E/M is probably one of the most, if not the most, intense AP test that exists.

Considering that your schedule is what is restricting you, that probably means that you either have a full schedule or a schedule that has many courses only offered during a specific bell–the smallest courses and hardest courses. If you think that you can commit 5+ hours a week to physics on top of all of your other courses, go for it. If you can’t, take it at a community college or something. That will force you to do the work, and having an instructor that you can ask questions to and get clarification on certain things for a class as intensive as physics is absolutely worth it.