<p>My school only offers AP Calculus AB...do you think I could successfully take that course, self-study for the BC exam, and get a 5??? How much more is included in the BC curriculum than AB?</p>
<p>Also, I am taking 7 other AP exams next year: the two Physics C, World, Comp Sci A, Human Geo, English Language, and Music Theory</p>
<p>Would trying to learn BC on top of all of this be too much? Please provide your honest opinion!!!</p>
<p>This way, I can take multivariate and beyond at the community college as a senior. Otherwise I would self-study BC as a senior.</p>
<p>BC is not much more than AB, and I think it would be fine to self-study...though your courseload looks pretty intense already, and I'm not so sure you'll have time to self-study. However, that's for you to decide. I will say that BC is not a whole lot more material than AB, and self-studying BC as a senior would not take a whole year or be altogether interesting, and would probably be a lot of AB review.</p>
<p>Is it possible to self-study for BC exam without taking calculus? I have Stewart's Single Variable Calculus. Should I use Barron's? They have about 100 practice problems per topic.</p>
<p>I found it very, very useful to have a teacher go through Calc, even though it was mostly just AB (but my teacher was excellent), and I also found it very useful to have friends who were good at math and in the same class with me. </p>
<p>I'm pretty sure self-studying for BC will be fine, as a 5 on AB generally can net you a 4 on BC by itself.</p>
<p>lil_killer- Self-studying BC without anyone teaching you calc would be difficult...I think a calc teacher is a very helpful person to have around, even if you have a textbook. Be warned that Barrons overprepares you with the practice problems--none on the AP test are that hard.</p>