<p>Hey Guys!</p>
<p>I'm looking for a little help. I'm a rising junior, and last year I took AP Calc AB (4 on the ap test), because my school didn't offer BC. I'm switching schools next year, and my new school does offer BC, but I've heard the classes are really similar so taking BC after taking AB is a waste. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Take BC. AB= calc 1 BC= calc 1+calc 2. they are not the same class at all.</p>
<p>Calculus BC covers everything AB covers (or it’s supposed to, anyway), so there will be some repetition at the beginning, but there will be new material at the end.</p>
<p>Some schools have AB as a preprequisite for BC, but then their BC just covers Calc 2. Most schools let you choose which one you take, and then BC is Calc 1 and 2 (as the people above me just said). Either way, I think you should take it at your new school 
Because if it covers both, you can improve your AB skills, and if it just covers just Calc 2, you can still take the BC exam with your AB knowledge. If you don’t take it next year, what math would you take your junior and senior years, anyway?</p>
<p>Take Calc BC. There will be new material; one of them is series I think. Anyway, it’s good to take a hard math course senior year for your brain’s sake. The brain is like a motor. It needs to be maintained. It can’t just sit in the gutter for a year :). </p>
<p>Take BC, if a higher course at a local college is not an option. BC will have a lot of similar material, but it expands on the concepts of AB and introduces a few new topics. You would likely do well in the class anyway. </p>
<p>If I didn’t take Calc BC I would take AP Stats my junior year, and something at my local community college my senior year. Thanks for all your replies so far!</p>
<p>BC exam also looks better on colleges than the AB exam.
@LosingCrayon At my school, I don’t think you can take just BC; you have to take AB/BC year round or AB year round; I don’t think anybody take just BC. You described my school perfectly</p>