<p>1)Is the Ab subscore accepted at colleges as much, as just calculas Ab
(atleast at the best schools such as ivies, please list them if any exceptions to your answer).</p>
<p>2) Is the Ab subscore graded on the same curve as the Ab calc exam.
3) Is the Ab subscore harder, since it's on the BC exam.
4) Are the Ab subscore questions the same as the Ab calc, exam (probably not since there are also bc questions, but are some the same, or no one knows since not released [expecially multiple choice]]</p>
<p>5)Why doesn't everyone take the BC exam if you get an AB subscore (this is especially valid question if ab subscore is accepted at colleges).
6) Is there any statistics (i mean grade distrabution i can get) for the Ab subscore, because i know it's not included on the Ab calc exam on the collegeboard.com website (atleast i don't think so, am i wrong?)</p>
<p>7) any other important relavent information i should know about Ab subscore and Ab exam (for calculas)</p>
<p>8) if you are prepared for ab calc, at end of year how long do you think it would take to self-prepare for the BC part (i mean if you are already ready for the AB part, considering that you would take BC)</p>
<p>Excuse my crappy grammer, but i like math, science, not great in english. plus it's only a post.</p>
<p>1.) Some colleges accept AB sub-scores, some don't. I'd say most don't, so check the AP policies of each college you're applying to.
2.) Yes. Calc AB and Calc BC are graded on the same scale, BC is just covering more material.
3.) No, I don't think so. The AB sub-score is only for AB-style questions, so BC questions are factored out of that set.
4.) I don't know. Some probably are; I know they're the same types of questions.
5.) AB sub-scores aren't accepted everywhere. That's why.
6.) I don't think there are any.
7.) I'd say you learn about a semester more, material-wise, in BC, but because you're not doing homework or testing in independent study, it could go faster.
8.) In my opinion, probably a couple of months, depending on your grasp of the concepts. You'll need to learn more integration techniques, indefinite integrals, a lot about series, and a few more things. You could do it if you are good in math and study hard.</p>
<p>what i meant for #3 is not the 1-5 scale, i meant curve as in you have to get x% correct to get for example a 5, or a 4 or even a 3. and i meant not BC but ab subscore compared to the actaully AB exam.</p>
<p>oh and another question is the Ab subscore actually part of the BC score, or only part of the subscore, (meaning will the ab subscore have an effect, on the bc score itself).</p>
<p>Oh and a quite-funny question: what happens if a person get's lets say a 4 in BC, and a 2 in ab subscore or in Ab, what credit would be given? (even though it's unlikely, would you omit calc 2 in college and be required to take calc 1? that would be very strange).
Thanks for the answer though honied_dreams!
Did you take calc before?</p>
<p>I'm in it right now. We always get to hear a lot about this joyful tests. </p>
<p>To answer another question: the AB subscore is factored into the BC score, so if you were poor in that area it could pull it down. Most likely, though, BC testers know the AB stuff, so it will pull the score up.</p>
<p>Just a note, some elite schools don't accept AB credit at all. I took the Calc BC test and got the Calc AB subscore. It didn't matter for me in the end though so I really have no comments on this. Most people take AB one year and then BC the following year as that's how it's covered in most high schools.</p>
<p>AB section on BC contains the exact same questions as the AB test. I have a friend who took BC and I took AB, and we discovered this after the test.</p>