<p>I'm taking AP Calc AB next year but I really want to take BC (wasn't allowed). Does anyone know from experience or anything if BC is hard to self-study for? I have tried to self-study for BC but some of the topics such as Series, Improper Integrals... seem too difficult to learn from a book. So stick with AB or go for BC?</p>
<p>you'll get an AB subscore anyway, find out if the colleges you want to go to will take the subscore as AB in case you screw up on the BC material and then just take the BC (you cannot take both AB and BC in one year, even late). The BC material is not that hard if you are good at math, and the curve is very generous. If you have problems understanding a certain concept you can just go to your AB teacher and I"m sure they will be able to help you.</p>
<p>Really improper integrals aren't so hard at all... the only really, really challenging thing in my opinion was the series and sequences. So, if you can figure out everything pretty well and get just a basic understanding of the last topic, you can do just fine. I wasn't amazing at series at all, but I pulled off a 5. So, it's possible!</p>
<p>Nalcon understated the generosity of the curve. I took the AB class, attempted to learn the BC material in 48 hrs (called in "sick" to school), absolutely butchered all the series questions, and still managed to get a 5 XD Granted, I had a very low 5, but as long as you spend more than 48 hrs study for that BC stuff, you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback. I have started looking at the books I have and I must say Series and Sequences are definately confusing. I will have to check with my teacher and see if she will be willing to go through it with me.</p>
<p>It just takes time. Read the text carefully, do the examples as they come, and don't quit on the problems at the end of the chapter.</p>