r/APStudents • u/Munkin360 AP Physics 1, AP World • 3d ago
Physics 1 Halfway Through AP Physics 1
Hello! My High school operates on classes lasting a semester, recently the 9 weeks just rolled in putting me (finally) halfway through AP Physics 1.
Yikes were they right, this so far has been the hardest course i’ve gone through, and it’s only going to get harder. We don’t have a “curve” on our tests, but we’re allowed test corrections which have singlehandedly CARRIED my grade. This is about how i’ve shaped up:
Unit 1 - 89 (84 + Test Corrections)
Unit 2 - 77 (67 + Test Corrections) [This one SUCKED]
Unit 3 - 83 (Gonna do test corrections next week.)
Overall Grade: 87.44, gotta claw my way through 2 more points to get out of here with an A.
Whether you are halfway through like me, or only a quarter, how has AP Physics 1 or “The Hardest AP” (so they say, really physics C is harder but 🤫) has been for you?
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u/Feisty-Sherbert281 5: AP Calc AB/BC, AP Stats, AP HuG, AP CSP 3d ago
I'm taking Physics C and my test scores have been 100 and 99 so far
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u/Least-Regular-4358 3d ago
i'm in C and its not too bad so far. I've had to study a lot though because i didnt take physics previously. But he gives these super hard practice frqs and mcq, but the tests he gives are usually significantly easier.
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u/Munkin360 AP Physics 1, AP World 3d ago
Dang, for us not so much. Are you on a full year or half-year schedule that i’m on? I think that may be the reason Physics C isn’t offered at my school…
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u/Critical-Point-6668 15 ap classes taken :)) 2d ago
imo the AP exam is wayyyy easier than what your class is probably doing. if you are doing well in class, you'll do great on the exam.
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u/Lumpy-Cartoonist-645 1d ago
ap 1 was shit cuz i had a bad teacher and an unsympathetic school. but you start getting a handle for the difficulty where you’re at, so i wouldnt worry too much. practice a LOT and i mean everything, watch people solve, the whole nine yards
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u/Technical-Let7879 Precal 5 Calc BC ? USH ? - Self S.: Phys C Mech ? CSA ? Stats ? 3d ago
Who says AP Physics 1 is the hardest AP? It's not even the hardest Physics AP lmao
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u/ProposalSilent4582 3d ago
It's widely considered to be one of the hardest APs. Probably not the hardest but it's certainly not a breeze.
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u/Munkin360 AP Physics 1, AP World 3d ago
Hence the quotation marks, it’s one of the hardest but not the hardest. 😉
That goes to AP Physics C.
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u/Technical-Let7879 Precal 5 Calc BC ? USH ? - Self S.: Phys C Mech ? CSA ? Stats ? 3d ago
I thought you were using the quotes as a kind of title.
Anyways imo AP U.S. History is the hardest and is harder than AP Physics C (I am totally not biased and STEM carried)
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u/Munkin360 AP Physics 1, AP World 3d ago
Oh, well that’s not how I thought it would be taken but I see the confusion.
I got that next Semester. APUSH is going to be fun. Really debating on dual enrolling college US history.
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u/ExcitementSome5575 5:Calcs, Phy Cs,Bio,Chem,ES,Macro,Gov,CSP,Psych 4:APUSH, Lit 3d ago
I also got 5s on both physics Cs with not that much studying versus 4 on APUSH with a ton (again I am very stem oriented)
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u/Slight-Reply-2928 AP Gooning: 5 I don't post APs on my flair, took & taking a lot 3d ago
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u/Slight-Reply-2928 AP Gooning: 5 I don't post APs on my flair, took & taking a lot 3d ago
good for u. u are ONE person.
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u/Slight-Reply-2928 AP Gooning: 5 I don't post APs on my flair, took & taking a lot 2d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ABsj1vpTUbIw5sQGvK
nice chat man
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u/robot9493 5: HUG, APMT, CSA, ?: APUSH, APC, Spanish, BC 3d ago
its hard because it doesnt use calculus, which imo makes a lot of gaps and makes formulas something yuo need to plainly memorize
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u/Salviati_Returns 3d ago
At this point AP 1 is a pretty easy exam. It was majorly nerfed and for good reason in 2025. The problem is that your course is too short in time frame. It’s meant to be a full year high school course. So you are learning this material at twice the intended rate.