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Saracen
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Anyways, anyone else have any thoughts on the AP? | ||
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RoieTRS
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
I always just thought that mech was so much easier to conceptualize that EM. Why do you think that EM was more difficult for you? | ||
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
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vAltyR
United States581 Posts
 "Still got a 4. ^_^ | ||
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Saracen
United States5139 Posts
On May 12 2009 07:19 Fontong wrote: Oh I thought that mechanics was quite easy to understand. EM was somewhat more difficult though. I always just thought that mech was so much easier to conceptualize that EM. Why do you think that EM was more difficult for you? It just seemed that the EM FR problems were easier. It's not so much about conceptualizing as similarity to problems I had done before. For mech, the pivoting rod one was seriously wtf (2nd angular kinematic + net torque, then i guess period = period of a physical pendulum which is 2pi*sqrt(I/mgL) or some shit, idk... i did T=t/r(dtheta)). I'm just really frustrated b/c my friends were saying the 3rd problem was easy (comparatively). | ||
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triangle
United States3803 Posts
I thought the multiple choice were really easy. And you should have skipped the second, because that one made no sense. I skipped parts of it in utter confusion. | ||
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Saracen
United States5139 Posts
On May 12 2009 07:26 triangle wrote: Free response was weird. I thought the multiple choice were really easy. And you should have skipped the second, because that one made no sense. I skipped parts of it in utter confusion. What about that E&M question about the guy who wanted to make an inductor out of copper? The nice thing about the mech MC was that there were a lot where you could just plug and chug into kinematics or net force eqs, but I ran out of time and didn't get to completely solve like 2 of them... | ||
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Disintegrate
United States182 Posts
On May 12 2009 07:19 RoieTRS wrote: Banana plants are of the family Musaceae. They are cultivated primarily for their fruit, and to a lesser extent for the production of fibre and as ornamental plants. As the banana plants are normally tall and fairly sturdy they are often mistaken for trees, but their main or upright stem is actually a pseudostem (literally "fake stem"). For some species this pseudostem can reach a height of up to 2–8 m, with leaves of up to 3.5 m in length. Each pseudostem can produce a bunch of yellow, green or even red bananas before dying and being replaced by another pseudostem. ok there mr. in-denial | ||
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
On May 12 2009 07:23 T.O.P. wrote: AP is easy. Physics at UCSD is 10 times harder than AP Physics. I agree that mechanics is a lot easier to understand compared to E&M. Why in the world are you going to ERC and still doing a science major? MMW sounds like hell. | ||
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Kentor
United States5784 Posts
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
On May 12 2009 07:42 Fontong wrote: Why in the world are you going to ERC and still doing a science major? MMW sounds like hell. MMW is hell. I need to transfer out of ERC somehow. On May 12 2009 07:53 Kentor wrote: Physics at UCSD is LOL. Finals is 25 multiple choice with homework problems or something. Berkeley elitists. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
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Insane Lane
United States397 Posts
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
On May 12 2009 07:23 T.O.P. wrote: AP is easy. Physics at UCSD is 10 times harder than AP Physics. I agree that mechanics is a lot easier to understand compared to E&M. Physics at any university for engineering is fucking IMPOSSIBLE. | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
mc mech: pretty easy, with the exception of like 3-4 problems fr mech: #1 and #3 weren't that bad, #2 was wtfhard mc em: easiest part of the test imo fr em: pretty easy | ||
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dm47
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For the differential equationI did mg(x-xcos(0)) = 1/2Iw^2 then I solved for w and just said w = d0/dt then for the next part solving for period I did w = 2(pi)/T solve for T.. but I completely fucked up the rest of #2 and 3. If I get a three I'll be ecstatic. | ||
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koreakool
United States334 Posts
im going to be an engineer fail I know | ||
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
On May 12 2009 08:02 T.O.P. wrote: MMW is hell. I need to transfer out of ERC somehow. My girlfriend was going to try, then realized that it wasn't worth it and she couldn't graduate 2 quarters earlier anyway(which is a requirement for transferring). | ||
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