<p>My daughter still wondering if I need to take Calc2 or Calcl3. I got 5 on AP Calc BC but she is not that confident in math. She is planning to take the premed path. So she likes to take whichever course that is easier to get A. I'd appreciate it if you let us know which one is easier to get A.</p>
<p>Getting a 5 on AP Calc BC technically qualifies you for Calc III but if you’re really not confident then you can take Calc II. I found them about equal in difficulty.</p>
<p>A lot of people have said that calc III is actually easier than calc II. I have also heard that the calc II professor is very bad. Since I personally haven’t taken calc II, I can’t back either of them up, but I can say that calc III tests are 16 fairly easy multiple choice questions, and that the average grade was an A.</p>
<p>Granted, after saying all this, your daughter will likely find calc II easier than other people as she has already studied the material in the course.</p>
<p>All in all, it’s really up to your daughter and just how comfortable she is with the material in calc BC.</p>
<p>Go with calc 3.
Go with calc 3.
Go with calc 3.</p>
<p>Have I mentioned that you should go with calc 3??? It’s easier.</p>
<p>Seriously. Shapiro sucks (calc 2 prof). And the tests were obnoxious, from what I recall. This especially holds true now that calc 3 is only 3 credits (it used to be 4).</p>
<p>Edit: I know several people that got B’s in Calc II (even though they got a 5 in BC) because the sequences/series test for Shapiro was awful. Convoluted and a jumbled mess. And he didn’t curve. Other people who got 5’s in BC thought they knew the material so they didn’t study as much as they should have. (For the record, my school only offered AB so I had to take Calc II. Got an 89.4 in the class. grrrrrrrrrrr).</p>
<p>Thank you all!</p>