<p>Found out that AP Physics will be turned into Honors Physics. Should I keep it (already have 5 science credits) or replace it with AP Cal BC? I'm already taking AP Cal AB.</p>
<p>I would keep it. There’s no point in taking AB and BC at the same time, unless you can drop AB and just take BC. But either way, colleges want to see you taking challenging science classes every year, whether its AP or just honors.</p>
<p>How about drop calc ab and only take bc? I don’t think you’ll want to take both…</p>
<p>I’d hardly call this a crisis.</p>
<p>I have a block schedule. Forgot to mention that… So I have AP Cal AB first semester then I’d have AP Cal BC second semester.</p>
<p>Okay, then it might be a good idea to take both AB and BC. If you just take AB first semester and no calc. second, then you might have forgotten some material by the time the AP exams come around.</p>
<p>What’s with everyone taking both AB and BC? At my school you either take one or the other; BC is just AB but doing an extra two weeks of material (again, at my school).</p>
<p>^^^^You don’t understand, this is definitely a major crisis :mad:</p>
<p>^same here. </p>
<p>But if you’ve never taken any physics, I think the honors physics is still a good idea…</p>
<p>My school it’s kind of different since it’s a block schedule. Lol I only said AP Crisis cause I knew people would read. Anyway, yeah I’m thinking of doing that. Yet, I heard that you should take science all 4 years. But I have about 5 science credits so far, so I don’t see the point.</p>
<p>This is how the exams are structured:</p>
<p>Calc AB = first semester of calculus
Calc BC = first and second semester of calculus</p>
<p>If one’s school structures their courses like this, then of course taking both courses doesn’t make sense. Some schools, however, structure their courses like this:</p>
<p>Calc AB = first semester
Calc BC = second semester</p>
<p>Here, you obviously need to take both (or self-study BC while taking AB >_>).</p>
<p>Yeah… I was thinking about taking the AP Cal exam because I heard it was a really easy test. I’m also taking Lit and Govt.</p>
<p>^^^^ My mistake D: See, I’m so perfect already, I forgot that people actually struggled with school…And an AP switching to honors is definitely a struggle. </p>
<p>^^^I’m not taking a science senior year, but of course I’m also planning on going to an LAC and majoring in French.</p>
<p>Yeah, my major is not even close to the sciences. Which is why I don’t see the point in taking it, plus I’m not a big fan of physics.</p>
<p>Double no reason to not take both since one cannot take both AP exams and receives an AB score upon taking BC.</p>
<p>Well at my school usually the take AB and BC classes and just take the BC exam or both. I’m not exactly sure… I was thinking of just taking BC but I thought I would be behind.</p>
<p>…which is why you take both classes but just take the BC exam? (And the exam is really easy if you’re mathematically inclined.)</p>
<p>^Why would one take AB though? BC covers everything in AB. BC is, like, 75% AB.</p>
<p>Yeah…like I said…BC is AB but with a couple weeks of extra material.</p>
<p>^^[…like</a> I said.](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065210884-post10.html]...like”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065210884-post10.html)
^The extra material may be covered in a couple weeks at your school (and I’ll probably do the same), but it’s a semester’s worth of calculus in terms of college classes. This is why Calc BC usually gives you credit for 2 semesters while AB gives you credit for 1 semester. (Except for colleges like MIT, where they cover all of Calc BC in 1 semester.)</p>
<p>^ I can’t be bothered to read every post.</p>