<p>I am a recently new member to College Confidential (recently meaning today) however I have read over many threads in the site before. My question is what classes exactly does AP Calculus BC exempt you from in college? At my high school in Locust Grove, Ga, where education is not good at all, and we just got a new math teacher last year. He is a great teacher and he actually pushes the students to use their talents and he saw the potential in 8 of his advanced students so now we are all taking AP Calc BC. Usually people take AB before in their junior year then take BC their senior year from what I'm told. We have never taken AB so we have to cover the AB topics plus some BC topics (from what I'm told) for the AP Calc BC Exam. How does this look to colleges when they review these types of situations?</p>
<p>The answer is that it depends. </p>
<p>Colleges will usually award credit based on the AP test score, not the class grade. But some colleges don’t award credit but instead will use the score to place you in a calculus class.</p>
<p>At the state flagship here, a 4 or a 5 will clear you through the first three calculus classes, giving you 12 credits of math.</p>
<p>Here at MIT, a 4 or 5 on BC exempts you from taking single-variable calculus.</p>
<p>Usually a BC class will include review of AB topics (one semester each for AB, BC is also doable). As missbwith2boys said, the AP exam score usually determines placement or credit, not the grade in the AP class.</p>
<p>As I understand AP Calc at D’s HS, AB is one semester of college calculus taught over the course of one year. BC is two semesters of college calculus taught over the course of one year. They have an additional course, Calc III, that covers the third semester of college calculus. That is taken by anyone who completes BC before senior year. No one at the HS takes AB then BC, both are taken after pre-calc, you just get to choose how fast you progress.</p>
<p>Contingent on getting what the college considers an acceptable score on the AP test:</p>
<ul>
<li>AB usually places you out of semester of frosh calculus in college.</li>
<li>BC usually places you out of a year of frosh calculus in college (AB is a subset of BC).</li>
</ul>
<p>You can check each school’s web site for its AP policy. If you skip courses based on AP credit, it would be a good idea to check the college’s final exams for the skipped courses, to ensure that you know the material well from the college’s point of view.</p>
<p>MIT frosh calculus is accelerated, so BC only places you out of a semester there. Caltech and Harvey Mudd frosh calculus is much heavier with theory, so AP credit does not give advanced placement. But these schools are outliers.</p>
<p>Since you are in Georgia, the University of Georgia allows skipping a semester of frosh calculus (MATH 2250) with a 4 on AB or 3 on BC; a 5 on BC allows skipping a year of frosh calculus (MATH 2250 and 2260).
[UGA</a> AP Credit Equivalencies | Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://www.reg.uga.edu/creditFromTesting/advancedPlacement/uga_ap_credit_equivalencies]UGA”>UGA AP Credit Equivalences | Credit From Testing | Students | Office of the Registrar)</p>
<p>Georgia Tech allows you to skip a semester of frosh calculus (MATH 1501) with a 4 on AB or 3 on BC. The second semester of frosh calculus (MATH 1502) includes some linear algebra.
[GT</a> Catalog : Tests Scores : Advanced Placement](<a href=“http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/geninfo/advplacement.php]GT”>http://www.catalog.gatech.edu/students/ugrad/geninfo/advplacement.php)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. This information is really helpful to me.</p>
<p>If anyone has more information please share</p>