Resources

This section compiles a list of resources that I found very helpful throughout my learning journey. Individual learning documents can be found inside the notes of the corresponding topics, these are just external websites that are very helpful in studying.

General AP Resources

Note: If you are looking for a specific AP’s resources, please look on the hub for that AP. Thanks!

  • If you have signed up for an AP, College Board has some very useful lectures regarding your AP. If you have registered with your school (i.e. the class along with the test) your teacher may assign you some AP practice tests/problems. Those are very useful since they are very similar to the real AP test.

  • For FRQs, just search up “AP [AP Test Name] FRQs” and you will find a list of past FRQs released by College Board. Here is an example for AP Chemistry.

  • AP MCQs are very hard to find, since College Board does not release them. As stated before, the best way to get MCQ practice is to have your teacher assign them to you on AP Classroom. If you don’t have access to that, sometimes College Board releases public practice exams, usually from 2012 and earlier (Note that not all AP subjects will have these public practice exams). Here is an example for AP Physics C Mechanics

  • I also recommend buying AP books (e.g. Kaplan (ADD LINK), Princeton Review (ADD LINK), and Barrons (ADD LINK)) as not only are they good for lecture, they also contain a lot of practice problems/tests as well.

Competition Math

  • AoPS(ADD LINK) is like a gold mine for competition physics. They have wonderful books for each topic, basically all past competition problems (ranging from AMC to USAMO, but basically can find past problems for any competition), and also a very active forum where you can ask questions and discuss mathematics. Also, for new learners, I recommend using Alcumus (on AoPS) to start doing practice problems. For deeper learning, I recommend buying their books, especially Problem Solving Vol. I & II (ADD LINNK)

  • Trivial Math(ADD LINK) is great for also simulating random past problems and it’s like Alcumus but specifically targeted for competition math, especially harder olympiads like AIME and USA(J)MO. There is also a new resource that I have found called olympiad.ai(ADD LINK) that has practice problems for math (AIME/USA(J)MO), physics (F=ma/USAPhO), and even chemistry (USNCO). That is still a work in progress but it is a very cool website.

F=ma and USAPhO

  • Kevin S. Huang has compiled a list of answers to the F=ma exam ranging from 2024 to 2007. His answers tend to be more detailed than the official answers, and are better if you want to learn how to solve F=ma problems. He also has some USAPhO solutions from 2016 to YEAR.

  • Kevin Zhou, a past coach for the US National Physics Team, has a wonderful catalog of teaching notes designed for olympiad physics. Note that these tend to be a bit hard for USAPhO, but are quite explanatory and great for learning new topics. He also has helpfully compiled a bunch of practice problems for each subtopic.

  • For past F=ma and USAPhO problems, I recommend visiting AAPT’s official website, where you can find all past F=ma and USAPhO problems.

  • For older USAPhO problems, I recommend using Physics with Stefan collection of USAPhO papers, since the older versions are harder to find online.

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