<p>I don’t know about other schools, but general physics at my school is plugging numbers from a word problem into an equation. If you can interpret word problems and you know how to manipulate an equation like df= di + vi*t + 1/2at^2 to solve for any of the variables, you won’t be behind the students that took general physics before AP Physics. </p>
<p>The fact that you’ve taken Calculus already helps a bunch. I’m guessing that most students in AP Physics will be concurrently enrolled in Calculus - so on the first day, you’ll be one of few that actually know that acceleration is the derivative of velocity or that area under a velocity/time graph is the distance traveled. </p>
<p>So honestly I wouldn’t worry about it, but if you really want to study before the class starts, watch videos on Khan Academy to learn about 1D and 2D kinematics, forces, work/energy/power, and momentum (in that order). That way you’ll have a basic understanding of physics concepts to build on.</p>