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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Physics C E and M 5
Physics C Mech   5
Calc BC -- 4
Env Studies -- 5
Literature -- 2  !!   Don't know what happened there -- last year he got a 5 on Lang
Spanish - 4[/quote]

I know this is tangential but what is the difference among the 4 ap physics classes offerred? which is the “typical” physics class to take for a high achieving but not necessarily stem oriented student?[/quote]

AP Physics 1 and 2 are algebra based while Mech/E M are calculus. 2 is a little advanced then 1

I would recommend AP Physics 1[/quote]

To the PP who asked the question - My son just took both AP Physics Mechanics and AP Calculus, just like most of the kids in his cohort. As the PP said, Mechanics is calculus based. During the year, my son seemed to be doing well with calc. but struggled with physics. Midway through the year, I was talking to some parents who advised not taking AP Physics Mechanics at the same time as calc, because you need the calculus foundation for Physics. That advice came too late for my son, but might help other parents. DS just got his scores back and although he got a 5 on calculus, he only got a 2 in physics. He just doesn't know the subject matter. He agrees that it probably would have been better to have taken the class after he had a more solid calculus foundation. It might be ok for some students, but for my A/B with an occasional quarterly C thrown in student, he would have been better off waiting.[/quote]

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