u/Due-Appeal-3150

Hello all,

This year I (somehow) managed to qualify for USAPhO. I was extremely proud of myself because i studied super hard for the preliminary exam (f=ma), however, i decided to not bother with studying for USAPhO because i knew it would take up too much time and I already had an extremely busy schedule during that march-april stretch. While I have not received scores from that exam, there is ZERO chance I get a medal or even a honorable mention. I left all questions blank besides one and im pretty sure i fucked that one up too.

anyways, my concern stems from the fact in both of my semesters of AP Physics C mechanics course i did not get an A. First semester, i had a B+, and second semester i had an A-. This is not because i do not know the content, but rather because i do not do the work. it is simply boring AS FUCKK!!! This is my fault, i know, but the bigger concern is my teacher said that colleges will think i cheated on the F=MA exam, and therefore they wont count it as an achievement. this worries me alot because i worked really hard on solving olympiad style problems, and it would suck if it was all for nothing because of something i did outside of the test.

is what my teacher said true? or am i worrying over nothing??

im in ap precalc class btw

i signed up for calculus ab because i figured i need to learn it for usapho anyways may as well just take the test. long story short i didnt even try on usapho and so i dont know any calculus. i have 5 steps to a 5 book in front of me do i even try to learn some of calculus or just give up. my mom is making me take the test too so i cant skip it

edit: im so fucked

no joke scoring 16/25 on F=MA rhis year was easier than this fuckahh test I just took

i think this has been made abundantly clear, but that FRQ was from the fucking deepest pits of hell. I am not an idiot (I promise), and ive done good on all past frqs, but that man was just something else. does everyone else feel the same way?