Any recommendations for a tutor for AP Physics 1?
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Anonymous
| Any recs appreciated. |
Anonymous
| If your DC skipped honors physics to take AP physics 1 I recommend they drop down to honors physics. AP physics 1 even though allowed and recommended by counselors as first physics course is very fast paced. My DC had a hard time and dropped down on honors physics and was actually able to understand and enjoy physics. |
Anonymous
People take AP Phys 1 after Honors? Who? Why? How do they fit it in schedule? It's not for STEM majors, and non-STEM majors wouldn't be interested. |
Anonymous
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How many thousands of dollars do you want to pump into a small bump in achievement?
AP Physics 1 isn't worth that investment. How are they doing in core math? |
Anonymous
No people take AP physics 1 INSTEAD of honors physics to boost their gpa. They take it as their first physics class in high school. |
Anonymous
Anonymous
| Princeton Review has AP tutors who can help with Physics. Look them up. |
Anonymous
AP and Honors give the same WGPA quality point boost. The only students (in the general HS population) who should take AP Physics 1 are ones who are interested in STEM but won’t be at AP BC Calculus by 12th grade to take AP Physics C concurrently. |
Anonymous
| It’s a tough class. My kid is taking it right now and struggling. |
Anonymous
| Check on Nextdoor and Wyzant. I was asking in local Fb groups and was given a lot of recs for people who wanted $150 hr for math tutoring for a 5th grader. I then found a retired MCPS teacher through Nextdoor who charges $60. Same thing for my high schooler. I found someone on Wyzant who teaches precalculus in Nj and uses the same book/syllabus as MCPS and charges $70 hr. |
Anonymous
| Also, PrepMatters, Varsity Tutors |