<p>Should I take AP calc. BC on the internet instead of AB at school?
If I take BC on the internet, do you think colleges will like it? Is it possible for me to take BC in three months(over the summer)? If so, how hard do I need to work (#hrs per day)?</p>
<p>Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>anyone? please help me.</p>
<p>I think it’s better to self-study than to take it on the Internet maybe…</p>
<p>BC will be seen better than AB in colleges perspective, but if they dont have it at your school it wont necessarily count against you. Then again, if you LIKE math, then go for BC. Dont do it for colleges.</p>
<p>If I do BC, should I do AB at school though?</p>
<p>I took AB at school and am self-studying BC right now. It’s really not that bad. It was nice to be taught the AB concepts and most of BC is just applying them and adding a few new rules in. Overall, I’d say as long as you have a good concept of math, you should be easily able to self-study BC…and that’s probably better than an internet class. But yes, it is nice to take AB through school.</p>
<p>I you should self study BC and still do the AB class in school. This way you can get taught the AB concepts and incorporate them into your BC studies. At the end just take the BC test. When you take the BC you get the BC score and AB subscore, even if you din’t do so well on the BC part, you can do get on the AB part. Thus resulting in a AB credit. In some/most high schools BC calculus is just two additional chapters in a AP calculus textbook anyway.</p>
<p>I’m self studying for the BC exam and taking AB in school.</p>
<p>anyone else? please help me, thank you.</p>
<p>My son is a senior and is currently taking AP Calculus BC online through PA Homeschoolers. It has been quite challenging and although most kids taking it are homeschooled, I don’t think you have to be. There are a few BRILLIANT younger kids in it and they really seem to challenge the class. The downside is that it is rather expensive, maybe $600-$700, I can’t remember. Sometimes schools are willing to pay that since it is not offered at your school. The other down side is that I believe it is only offered during the school year, so taking it during the summer is probably not an option. You can check out their website pahomeschoolers.com. Good Luck!</p>
<p>I found a website that offers it over the summer, but do you think is possible to do it in 3 months?</p>
<p>imo,</p>
<p>taking AB with a teacher + selfstudy BC > BC with a teacher or online</p>
<p>because you get the important concepts and you just apply it to bc topics.</p>
<p>@bobbob924,
what site are you referring to?</p>
<p>If I am doing BC online, how will it take for me to complete the course?</p>
<p>yes, but exactly <em>where</em> online. some courses are self-paced, others are not.</p>
<p>it’s a self-paced course, and it’s in
[CTYOnline</a> course list & schedules](<a href=“http://www.cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/courses.html]CTYOnline”>http://www.cty.jhu.edu/ctyonline/courses.html)
can I do it in three months?</p>
<p>Hello everyone on College Confidential.
I agree with the opinion that taking AP Calc AB at school and then taking the BC class online or, more preferably, through self-studying is better. Taking the AP Calc AB class will prepare you for probably your first math AP exam. Also you only have to study for a portion of the BC material, since BC covers everything in AB and then some. I hope you make a good decision based upon what YOU want to learn and YOUR schedule with other classes, extracurriculars, and the like.</p>
<p>With CTY course, you can do it in three months, but you have to use about 4 to 6 hours (I believe) every day for that class. If you can manage your time, you’ll be able to do so.
I came up with the 4 to 6 hours every day fact from the CTY website about summer courses, which states that a student must use 4 to 6 hours per day to finish the course.</p>
<p>If you’re a math person, you could ask your teacher if you could do a sort of “accelerated” AB class, so that you finish by the end of first semester, and learn the BC material third quarter. That way, you’d have your teacher’s guidance while going at a much faster pace than the average AB class.</p>
<p>I think you should take AB in school.
Then, around january, start studying for BC on your own. Around feb, talk to your testing coordinator about signing up for bc.</p>
<p>I personally am taking AB at school and taking calculus C at stanford EPGY (I started around january). I would suggest selfing though, because they teach a lot of extra material.</p>