<p>I'm a rising junior and I'm debating AB or BC calc. I've gotten easy As in all other math classes (Alg 2 h, geom h, trig analysis h). But I mostly worried about workload. At my school BC is a significant amount harder/more work than AB.
This is my schedule so far:
AP chem/phys
AP Lang
AP art history
Spanish 4 H
Us history H
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<p>I am a 4.0 avg student and I am willing to put in a lot of work but I don't want to be overwhelmed, what with act prep, ECs, sports, etc.
I know the difference between the classes and all that info. What should I do?</p>
<p>It depends what tier of colleges you are applying to and what area of studies you are interested in pursuing at college. More selective schools might take BC Calc credit but not AB Calc credit. Moreover, it will look better to more selective schools if you take BC Calc, especially if you are planning to major in something STEM-ish. But if you really fear that your GPA will suffer and the other point I mentioned are not an issue or less of an issue, you could always take the AB Calc class and self-study for the BC Calc test.</p>
<p>BC unless you are too scared 
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<p>Taking ab then bc is just dumb IMO. Taking bc isn’t much harder" (literally like 4 more topics) and you can even do some college calculus senior year. </p>
<p>I skipped ab and I’m surprisingly" a top bc student. I admittedly studied during summer cause in a nerd. Not really necessary though.</p>
<p>Also calculus bc can definitely be managed with your schedule cause you seem I be bright in math and probably at other subjects.</p>
<p>If you’re a strong math student, I would go straight into BC. At my school, students who did AB were generally the students who were weaker in math, and the majority (myself included) went straight into BC without taking AB.</p>
<p>If you’re really not sure, then just take AB, and you can always take BC next year. But I think you’ll be fine in BC.</p>