<p>I am an international high schooler who is going to take the AP Calculus AB or BC depending on my progress this year.
My high school's normal math course is a bit challenging. However, I have not learn anything about calculus yet. It will start next year.</p>
<p>I don't know if it reveals anything, but I've got 800 on Math 2.</p>
<p>So the question is how can I prepare for the test from the ground zero.</p>
<p>I have bought Princeton Review, but it does not seem like a study material, more like a review. </p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Plus,</p>
<p>I will be taking Macro and Micro also. Self-Study again</p>
<p>Are 3 APs enough for a kid without any AP courses?</p>
<p>First of all i would say that the easiest way to find out if and which AP Calculus exam you should or want to take is by doing a past exam and see how well you do. If you do very well in one and not as good in the other or if both a very easy to you, you know that you don’t need as much work or which one you want to take. You can find past exams on the College Board website.
And if you think that you need a complete preparation of Calculus then you should get yourself a real textbook. Or you could aways ask your schools calculus teacher what he recommends. </p>
<p>And secondly, how many APs you are taking depends completely on you, don’t you think? You need to know in which University (if that is your goal) you want to get into and how many APs those schools want, and what grade they want. If you are a senior and this is your last year to take the AP courses and you have to have 4 or 5 APs you might want to take more, or if you have more time, take 3 this year and the rest next year. Or if you are going to a University where APs don’t really matter but count if you get a 5 or something like that, then decide if the time and effort as well as money you will be spending is worth it to you. It also depends on how much you do on your own. If you are someone that needs someone to tell you to study and how to do it -which chapter and such- then 3 should be enough of a challenge for you. If you are someone that loves to learn and you do it all completely alone and don’t need anyone to do even topics that might be boring in some parts, go for it, do more.
But mostly it really depends on where you want to go with the APs you take and how much you are willing to put into it. </p>
<p>Buying a prep book or taking practice AP Calculus tests are useless if you haven’t learned the material yet. If you want to get a head start, best is to obtain a real textbook.</p>
<p>Look up patrickJMT on YouTube! He has helped me very much in ap calc and explains every topic really well.
Click on this link to look at his videos: <a href=“patrickJMT - YouTube”>http://m.youtube.com/user/patrickJMT</a>
I hope you find his videos helpful! </p>