<p>The nature of calculus is such that you can really only be tested on a couple chapters at a time though. The difficulty of the questions asked in college could be tougher but it depends on your high school, I guess. I found the questions in my high school calc class to be more conceptual and tougher than my college test questions. But this can vary from school to school.</p>
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I found the questions in my high school calc class to be more conceptual and tougher than my college test questions. But this can vary from school to school.
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<p>this was my experience as well. my high school was small and did not offer AP classes, but our calculus covered topics equivalent to all of cal1 and about half of cal 2. retaking cal 1 in college was an easy A+, but it was also incredibly boring</p>
<p>I say go ahead and take as many A credit as you can, especially with the lab classes and non-engineering classes. Classing out of Physics or Chemistry lab will save you from headaches during your freshmen year and other credit will clear up your degree flow chart as well.</p>
<p>Be wary though that courses at the college level are much more difficult than mere AP classes. Going into Calculus 3 after Cal BC might be detrimental since even Cal 1 and Cal 2 at the university will cover material more thoroughly. One common problem I see at my school is that students AP out Cal BC but end up getting killed in Cal 3 when they need to do advance operations to taylor series.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice everyone!</p>