<p>was it hard? is calc BC much harder than AB?</p>
<p>it's not harder just more material (if you consider that harder)</p>
<p>I think the BC material past the AB stuff is pretty difficult</p>
<p>We just had a quiz today about Taylor series and Mclaurin and Linear Approximations using actual past AP questions, and everyone failed it.</p>
<p>I think they are tougher concepts, but I am not very mathematically inclined.</p>
<p>How much extra do student who are appearing for their Edexcel GCE exams study for AP exams?And which is easier Edexcel A-level Maths or Calculus AB or Calculus BC?</p>
<p>I'm in Calc AB, and I'm going to take the BC test (math's always been my best subject). My teacher tells me that the concepts aren't a whole lot harder, but that there's just more material that is covered.</p>
<p>There isn't much more- I'm reading out the BC-Only parts out of my Princeton Review Book-</p>
<p>Parametric, Polar, and Vector Functions- Analyze and be able to convert these to rectangular/cartesian form. Be able to derive functions, including velocity and acceleration vectors.</p>
<p>Differential Equations- Slope Fields and Euler's Method</p>
<p>L'Hopital's rule for finding indeterminate limits</p>
<p>Arc Length- including parametric</p>
<p>Integration by Parts, Partial Fractions</p>
<p>Improper Integrals</p>
<p>Series- Basically everything, since AB Doesn't touch it.
Convergence/Divergence
Geometric, Harmonic, Alternating, and P-Series
Integral, Ratio, Comparison Tests
Taylor Series for Polynomial Approximation.
Differentiate and Antidifferentiate taylor series
Lagrange Error Bound for Taylor Series.</p>
<p>So basically, with a few weeks (or weekends) of studying, you could knock out all of the BC-Only topics. I think it's definitely possible.</p>
<p>... have you guys who are taking hte BC test w/o the class getting a teacher to help you or just a book or something?</p>
<p>I'm thinking of doing the same thing, since I'm in an AB course</p>
<p>I would much rather study for a couple weekends and get a good score on the BC exam, which equals 2 semesters of math, rather than get only 1 semester in college, from the AB exam.</p>
<p>bumpity bumpity</p>
<p>You get an AB Subscore on your BC Test, so even if you screw up the BC Portion, you most colleges take the AB Subscore as the same as the AB Test.</p>
<p>lildude3077- that was exactly the answer to my question</p>
<p>i'm in the same situation, but my teacher discouraged me from taking the bc part because he said it is way too much to cover and understand...however, i'm thinking of taking it anyway as long as schools look at the AB subscore if i bomb the bc part...</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>sounds good.
Will raise my BC score...haha, just kidding.</p>
<p>ouch! hopefully i won't bomb it, but do you have to find out from the university you are attending whether they accept the AB subscore or does everywhere except it?</p>
<p>if they accept AB then the most likely accept the AB Subscore , its almost the same thing..</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>agreed. </p>
<p>But, sometimes a lower BC score will equal a good AB score (like a BC 3 will equal an AB 4, sometimes), so they will take the score that gives the most credits.</p>
<p>I heard that if you get a 5 on AB subscore, the lowest you can get on BC is 3. </p>
<p>That's why I'm taking the BC test. Gonna learn Taylor series, Simpson's Rule, etc. over Spring Break.</p>
<p>anyone else? this is really helpful!</p>
<p>D took AP Calculus AB as a sophomore. Her teacher suggested that the top students take the BC test, for the same reasons as above--for those that she knew would put in the extra time to focus and practice the problems that were going to be on the BC test, if they didn't get a good score, they could retake it. btw, she got 5/5. If math is your thing, go for it. Most colleges that I've seen have different criteria depending on which Calc tests you got and which subscore you got. They've seen every possible combination, I'm sure.</p>
<p>taking bc boosts your confidence, which is invaluable.</p>