Should I take AP Physics C: Mechanics without previous physics courses and concurrent Calculus BC?

Kyuutoryuu
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 07:53:54 +0000

Take a mock AP Calculus AB exam (online) and take your school’s Honors Physics final. If you get a 5 and an A, you are more than capable.

Physics C requires integration, separation of variables, and taking derivatives. Those are mostly the Calculus topics required. However, they are trickier than their Calculus variants simply because you have to have a good Physics intuition as to when to do those techniques. Typically, a Calculus problem will be to simply do those operations, not have to think of doing them as part of solving a whole problem.