<p>Which one should i take? my school only offers the AB class so i'm wondering if it would be worth it to study the topics covered in BC on my own and take the BC test</p>
<p>well you would only have to study the C part.</p>
<p>Its not too bad but it would definitely take a large amount of time on your part to learn it.</p>
<p>well my teacher is having calc BC sessions on saturday, but i'm just wondering if it'll be enough time to actually understand the information. We just started yesterday and so we'll have about 9 or 10 more 2 hour sessions.</p>
<p>Consider what school you plan to go to. Some schools will let you skip AB requirements with a 5 on the AB exam OR with a 3 on the BC exam. Since the BC test is 60% AB topic matter, even if you have only learned a fraction of the BC material, you should still be able to score a 3 on the BC if you learned enough to get a 5 on the AB. And that's assuming you know hardly any of the BC material.</p>
<p>Just take AP Calc AB and take Calc in college. The calculus sequence in college is three courses that are basically Differentiation, Integration, and Multivariable. If you have a 4/5 on an AP Calc test, then you may be able to skip one course, usually Differentiation. Of course, you can always go to the Saturday sessions.</p>
<p>Colleges care alot about you taking the most challenging curriculum possible in your high school, but they care very little about the exam scores. No college requires that a score report be sent, and except for a handful of schools, none ask you to even self report the exam scores. (Of course if you have all 5's you can write them in the margin or put them in the supplemental info section and that will be impressive.) They want the kind of people who challenge themselves, but understand that all high schools are not created equal.</p>