Self Study AP Physics C without a physics background?

brahms91
Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:56:09 +0000

I think its possible if you want to spend 100+ hours on physics. I had an honors physics course that did not cover cover E/M, and I self-studied for both Physics C tests. Mechanics is really easy, much easier to picture what is going on than E/M, I spent about 30 hours working on Mechanics, making sure I understood everything, and probably 60 hours on E/M. Most of those hours were unnecessary, it was just time spent procastinating on homework and studying for other APs.

I also had a good calculus background. (5 on BC previous year). It takes a while to get the concepts, but once you understand it, it is a piece of cake.