AP Tests

Test Preparation
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This is sort of an out-of-place question, but I do not know where else to put it.

So my school’s high school graduation requirements are based off the UC standards (a-g courses), and one of those requirements is to take at least 1 year of integrated math in high school (they also don’t allow freshmen to take AP courses). Because of this, even though I should’ve taken AP Calculus AB in Freshman year, I was held back in Integrated Math 3, and this year (sophomore year) I skipped to AP Calculus BC (I self-studied AB and most of BC during freshman year). I’m going to be taking the AP Calculus BC test this coming May.

My school does not offer anymore math courses beyond this level, so I’ll be taking college math courses at a local community college in Junior and Senior years. However, from what I know, they offer only college credit, and there are no other community colleges nearby with a different system.

I’m already going to be taking AP Statistics online in Junior year, and I’m thinking about going back and taking AP Calculus AB in Senior year so that I can “secretly” be a Teacher Assistant, and have the opportunity to take the AP test that I missed out on in Freshman year (and hopefully get a perfect score on it with all the experience) and get more credits for college.

Is this a good idea, or is it looked down upon by colleges? I’ve always wanted to be a teacher assistant, but it’s extremely difficult to get that role at my school since the counselors don’t recommend it and require a ton of paper work to get it passed. Also, I enjoy doing math, and hope to be a bigger help to my peers that just helping them on classwork and homework.

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Of course the CCs only offer college credit! They are colleges. If you want the classes to count for high school credit as well, you need to arrange with your high school to have the courses considered “dual credit”.

If you want to be a teaching assistant, arrange a free period for that time of the day so that you can be an assistant. If you need to earn class credit, set up an independent study course so you can be given a grade. Calculus AB after BC makes no sense whatsoever. It makes even less sense after one or more higher math courses at the CC that are beyond the material covered in Calculus BC.

There isn’t any need at all to take the AB exam if you are going to enter college with a score from BC plus several more college-level math courses from the CC. Those will already give you plenty of college credits.

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There is no reason to take a Calc AB class after BC. There is no reason to take the Calc AB exam after BC. There is no college in the country AFAIK, that will award credit for both AB and BC.