5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics C 2022 1st Edition

Used for preparing for the AP exam. Very helpful giving many example questions and solutions.

I wished I had chosen other books.

Decent book for AP review, especially for those who struggle with conceptual questions. Also helps plan out a schedule for studying unlike most of the AP prep books (ranging from having a full year to prepare to just one-two weeks of preparations); however, the biggest aspects that need refining are the number of free-response questions and the content in the book. Each section only has one FRQ; this is not enough for preparations for AP exams, 2-3 FRQs per unit with subsections (a, b, c etc.) would have been a better idea, as FRQs are generally harder than MCQs. To elaborate on "content", physics C contains CALCULUS. This book lacks a solid majority of the calculus found in physics C, especially for the electricity and magnetism portion (Biot-Savart Law, the Maxwell equations, Gauss's Law). The only parts that actually contained calculus were the kinematics (including rotational) units. There is so much more calculus concepts/equations in physics C than just the few found in this book. Overall, this book is helpful for a brief AP review and planning a study schedule; but the Princeton review book for AP physics C still reigns supreme: they review the majority, if not the entirety, of the content that will be on the AP physics C exams, which includes the paramount calculus components of AP physics C.