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[quote=Anonymous]Agree with immediate PP that it's not a great idea to skip over AP Physics 1 in favor of jumping straight to AP Physics C. My kid at WJ who is now a physics major took honors bio and honors chem in 9th; AP Physics 1 in 10th; AP Physics C and Calc BC in 11th, AP Chem in 12th. He got a 5 on the AP Physics 1 exam but it was still quite the leveling up to go to AP Physics C because of taking it simultaneously with calculus -- they were learning calculus concepts in Physics C before they got to them in Calculus BC (which is a fast-paced class in and of itself). But he did take both AP exams, Physics 1 and C -- there is no reason to skip the exam for 1.

Also keep in mind that there are actually two AP Physics C AP exams, one for mechanics and the other for electricity and magnetism. The first topic is covered in Physics 1 but the second one isn't -- if the schools here offered AP Physics 2, that is the algebra-based version of electricity and magnetism.

Also, no way honors physics is harder than AP Physics 1.[/quote]

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