Calc BC or IB Calc? PLEASE help!

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<p>Hi guys!</p>

<p>So I signed up to take AP Calc BC my senior year. I love math. Finance major. I NEED tons of math. </p>

<p>Unfortunately, I was the only one in my school who signed up and they canceled the class.</p>

<p>Instead, they put me in IB Advanced Calculus. </p>

<p>Is IB Advanced Calculus the same level as AP Calc BC? </p>

<p>I asked my IB friends but none of them have taken it because apparently they are just opening the course next year so it's new. </p>

<p>Please help I am freaking out! </p>

<p>Thank you!!!!!!! =)</p>

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<p>Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)</p>

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<p>um is tht IB Math HL? If so, I think it's harder. They differ i material though.</p>

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<p>i think they're the same thing actually - assuming it's IB HL.</p>

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<p>Is it Calculus 1B HL ?</p>

<p>I heard it doesn't cover all of calculus that BC covers...just what I heard</p>

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<p>Mmmm. No clue whether it's SL or HL. </p>

<p>In my school, for what I've seen (I dunno cause I am not in IB), you just take the course and then when you "test out" you decide whether you go for SL or HL. I don't think the courses are labeled themselves. </p>

<p>But they have an IB Calculus and this one is IB Advanced Calculus. So I don't know....</p>

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<p>It's most likely HL, which is on the same level (if not harder) than BC.</p>

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<p>HL is much harder then BC calc and covers most of the material anyway. And assuming that you took calc AB last year (that's how it is at our school), you will have trouble self studying the one chapter that IB HL does not cover.</p>

<p>Edit: I see the course is new for your school; your teacher is in for loads of fun.</p>

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<p>IB-HL Year 2 = AP BC Calc as much as IB = AP (take of that what you will :P)</p>

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<p>IB mathematics HL is more rigours than AP calc BC, take that!</p>

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<p>I'm in IB Math HL, and according to my teacher, HL Math's core + the Series & Differential Equations option (which is what we are doing, and what most IB schools in this area do) covers most, if not all, of the material in AP Calc BC and more. HL Math has lots of other stuff like statistics (quite a bit of it), 3-D vectors and some proof-writing, which (in my clearly biased opinion) gives a better survey of Math than AP Calc BC does, because it covers more aspects without sacrificing depth too much. This also means that the class is very tough - but very rewarding if you like Math and want to learn a lot (:</p>