AP PHYSICS 1 TAKEAWAYS
BY MICHAEL HADDAD
The 3 P’s
Practice
Go over practice tests, textbook problems, and check out the College Board website for past free-response questions. Find concepts giving you difficulty and study those concepts.
Pacing
The test is 3 hours total Pacing is most important in the free-response questions Aim to spend approximately 25 minutes on the Experimental Design and Qualitative/Quantitative Translation questions Aim to spend approximately 10 minutes each on the short-answer questions This will leave you a 10-minute cushion for checking your work
Partial Credit
You only need approximately 70% correct to get a 5 out of 5, and approximately 50-60% to get a 4 out of 5 on the AP Physics 1 test The test is not designed for you to answer everything perfectly; it is designed to showcase your physics knowledge If you don’t know the answer to a question in the free-response section, write down the things you DO know to give the graders (real people) a chance to give you partial credit
