<p>Those of you who have taken BC, is the class and AP test really hard, in your opinion?</p>
<p>My school just made a new rule, it used to be that only the top ten percent of each honors math class could take BC. Now, anyone in honors math with an A or B can take it.</p>
<p>I haven't taken the test yet, but so far the class is really easy. Math comes naturally to me though, so perhaps I'm not the best to ask.</p>
<p>I say if you're doing well in precalculus (A or even high B) and you're up for a challenge go for it.</p>
<p>That's such an awesome rule.</p>
<p>Depends on the teacher and the school - look at how the classes are taught differently. I was placed in AB due to a scheduling conflict with my AP Comp Sci class (I signed up for BC) but that may be a blessing in disguise because apparently most of the BC class is failing... but that is because the BC teacher goes WAAAY too fast with covering all the topics. This is because the goal was to finish the entire calc book topic list by this time of year - they just finished the last unit this week I think - the rest of the year is AP exam prep. The same with our AB class - we just finished our last unit today actually, and the rest of the year will focus on exam prep. But obviously AB had fewer topics to learn, and so we covered them in greater detail and spent more time trying to understand them than BC did. We took the same tests for the topics that both classes shared, but our class consistently scored higher because we had more time to understand the material. On the other hand, BC doesn't do THAT much more work than we do - the lower test grades may simply be bad teaching, and not just going too fast on the material. And most schools inour area take a little longer to teach all of the topics, so you may not face the problem we did at all.</p>
<p>That's an interesting rule your school has. At our school, <em>theoretically</em> anyone can take the class, but most people require teacher recs, especially those from regular classes and/or with subpar grades. I was lucky because I got in the easy way - I qualified for "super"-advanced math a few years ago, being two years ahead of the curriculum instead of one like most honors kids, so they just figured I was smart enough to do it without a teacher rec. The only catch was that I had to sign a form promising that I would take AP classes instead of cutting math from my junior and senior year schedule, which I was planning to do anyway :)</p>
<p>It honestly depends on how much you like (and how good you are at) math. Some people just struggle with calc concepts. Personally, I never got below an A until Calc AB and then just bombed it because it wasn't a type of math that I liked. What grade are you in? If you're a soph or fresh, I'd suggest AB then BC because you cover the topics in greater depth. If you're a junior, then I'd suggest taking AB if you want to learn it really well or BC if you want the credits. </p>
<p>Also, ask around. Your classmates will be able to tell you what class you should be in (because they know you and your school better than we do). Good luck!</p>
<p>Just wondering, but is Calculus JUST like pre-calc? I originally wanted to do engineering but ever since I was in precalc this year, it made me change my mind.</p>
<p>The same teacher in my school teaches AB and BC and he is like super crazy! He moves extremely fast (I have him for 12H aka honors precalc) and he like never stops. In my school of 400 kids in each grade, only 15 take BC and 30 others take AB. I am going to take AB depending on how epically I fail this year, even though I somehow have an A.</p>