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<p>I' m currently a sophomore in high school I'm taking 180 class which is AP World History and I'm currently self study ap psychology I'm planning to skip pre calculus and study the important parts of it so I can go straight to Calculus ABor BC next year so I can be able to take physics C Senior year my schedule for next year is AP English, AP Calculus BC or AB, ap physics B, AP US history, ap chemistry, ap Biologyand AP environmental science</p>

<p>I think the science courses are going to be very easy for me I don't mind lots of homework for them and I don't mind studying a lot of them but I am worried about is my English course and my AP US history course because I am the worst writer ever and I can not WriteI have very poor writing skilL
I am currently in pre AP algeBra 2 trigonometry it's not very hard but I'm poor test taker I know the information it's very easy but when it comes to testing I am very bad at it I would do the homework and reviews perfectly and fully understanding everything and I can even explain it to others and I help them in class that's why I want to take these AP classes its a chance for me to improve my GPA and help me become a better test taker if I wanted to do the pre calculus self study what do you think would be the most important things I should study and take out of the pre calculus because I know that Pre calculus has nothing to do with calculus it's mostly a recap of algebra 2 and it's only a couple of units that actually applied calculus and should I say Calculus AB or BC I am Not sure but I would like to take BC because I would be taking a pre med program in college and calculus is a requirement BC will give me a better credit think and I don't mind the extra information and if I take me see is there anything a pre calculus that I should study extra in addition I know I have to study trigonometry limits and some other stuff thank you for all your Responses and for your help</p>

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<p>I sorry I cant write</p>

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<p>I would take AB before BC. I hear it helps immensely</p>

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<p>Does your school allow this? Are you going to test out of pre-calculus, or just not get credit for it?</p>

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<p>If you don’t know this for certain yet, it’s important to remember that logistic stuff will sometimes prevent you from getting all the classes you want.</p>

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<p>Do you know why this is? Are you a native English speaker? Do you have a learning disability?</p>

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<p>Generally this means you don’t understand the information as well as you think you do. I can do all the homework and proofs in my linear algebra class because I can use my textbook while I’m doing my homework, and it seems like I understand the material really well. But on the test…not only do I have to apply the methods I learned, I have to figure out which method to use because I can’t just look up an example problem in the book. </p>

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<p>Pre-calculus is not calculus and it’s not supposed to be. Pre-calculus is an extension of Algebra II and generally includes things you don’t learn in Algebra II. You can start learning calculus without knowing pre-calculus material, but ultimately doing calculus will require that you have knowledge of all the stuff you learn in pre-calculus (trigonometry, sequences and series, the binomial theorem, polar coordinates, parametric equations, partial fractions decomposition, etc.)
Any calculus you did in a pre-calculus class would probably be really basic limits and derivatives.</p>

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<p>Don’t go from Algebra 2 to BC. You’ll fail.</p>