I’m taking AP Calculus BC this year. Can someone share me your experiences? Also, do you happen to have old exams from last year? Thank you!
Course and Exam Description: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-calculus-ab-and-bc-course-and-exam-description.pdf?course=ap-calculus-bc
2017 FRQs: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-calculus-bc-frq-2017.pdf?course=ap-calculus-bc
2018 FRQs: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap18-frq-calculus-bc.pdf?course=ap-calculus-bc
Official AP Calculus BC Practice Exam: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-calculus-bc-practice-exam-2012.pdf?course=ap-calculus-bc
Some more sample questions: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/sample-questions-ap-calculus-ab-and-bc-exams.pdf?course=ap-calculus-bc
There’s a plethora of information about every exam as well as old exams on the College Board website: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse?affiliateId=ap|home&bannerId=heroa2|aps-crsindx
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Calculus BC was relatively easy for me since it does not require you to remember every step to the answer unlike my home curriculum in India. No one has past qustions except the Collegeboard itself since they take the papers back after you are done. Barrons was a good resource from my POV. I only had to study for about a week or two. I had to self study and managed to get a 5 so don’t worry and relax a bit. All the best☺
@Le1Harsh Wow! You self-studied? That’s amazing! Great! I got a Barrons book. I’m sorry, what is POV?
@Bolt0612 POV was shot for point of view
The test seems to be skewed towards the MC side of things. At least it was last year. My kid said he ran out of time, didn’t even get to the last couple of pages of the FRQs and still got a 5 on both sections.
Just do plenty of problems. Calc BC it’s largely just algorithms, requiring almost no conceptual understanding. The curve on the test is fairly easy, typically one only needs a raw score of about 55% to get a 5.
Some high schools do a terrific job preparing their kids, and in our limited experience it is the schools that emphasize a lot of homework problems over conceptual understanding. Our LPS has a greater than 90% rate of kids getting a 5 and it’s just an open admission high school (not a STEM magnet) and the kids are just high average in ability.
Do problems, problems and more problems if you are at all worried is my advice!