<p>For junior year, I could do Calc AB and do BC Senior year. I find math extremely boring because it's so easy, and I'm sort of afraid AP calc would feel slow, being a year for a semester class. I know a few kids just skip AB and go straight to BC, but skipping won't feel right, I think. That's why I think doing calculus at the local community college during school during "dual credit hours" might be better. What will UC schools think that I took Texas CC courses? Will San Jacinto Community college calculus be as good as real college calculus?</p>
<p>Dual enrollment’s main purpose is to take classes that aren’t offered at your high school. Dual enrollment would make more sense if you took, say, differential equations; but in the case of AP Calculus versus calculus at a community college, AP is the way to go.</p>
<p>Of course, the decision is yours.</p>
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<li>AP is better.</li>
<li>Community colleges ARE real colleges.</li>
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<p>It depends on how far you go. </p>
<p>Calc I through III cover the same topics, but once you get to Multivariate, I would say the dual-enrollment actually is harder. If you are good at math, you could try differentials and linear algebra.</p>
<p>Why is AP better? Won’t community college be faster?</p>
<p>Just take AP Calc BC. My school doesn’t even offer AB. I don’t see why it wouldn’t feel right to you if you skipped it. And I don’t see the reason to complicate things by having to go to a community college to take a class that you can take in school.</p>
<p>“Why is AP better?”</p>
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<li>It’s more standardized. </li>
<li>AP Calculus BC is supposed to cover Calculus I and Calculus II. This would require taking two community college classes. </li>
<li>Community college classes might not be worth as many credits at your high school.</li>
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