<p>Hello! My school does not offer any AP courses, so I plan on self-studying for the two Calculus exams.</p>
<p>I have already taken Calculus AB (although it wasn't an AP class), so I already have a good foundational knowledge of Calculus, and I probably know most everything that would appear on the exam. However, I would still like to have some more materials that go over everything that could show up on the exam, just so I will be completely prepares. Also, if anyone on here is self-studying or taking Calculus AB, PM me and we could possible help each other out if either of us ever has any questions, etc.
I have not taken Calculus BC, so I will definitely need some good sources to study. If anyone knows a good online course with video lectures, that would be a great way for me to learn. Of course prep books, textbooks, etc are also helpful. Basically anything that will help me really learn Calculus BC.</p>
<p>Any responses are greatly appreciated, thanks!</p>
<p>The first thing I’d look over is a textbook. The book really doesn’t matter, but the book I used in high school was “Calculus of a Single Variable” by Larson (8th edition I think). Although there are some kinks in it here and there, it’s pretty understandable to self-study from. There are a bunch of questions in there to work out of, but like most textbooks, you’d need to get the solutions guide to get the answers for them, although you can look some of them up.</p>
<p>For more practice problems, get Barrons for the upper difficulty, and Princeton for the lower difficulty. Do past free response questions as well for the medium difficulty. That way, you should be prepared for many different types of questions that may be asked on the exam. </p>
<p>MIT Open courseware is also a great place for video lectures.
[Single</a> Variable Calculus | Mathematics | MIT OpenCourseWare](<a href=“http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-01sc-single-variable-calculus-fall-2010/index.htm]Single”>Single Variable Calculus | Mathematics | MIT OpenCourseWare)</p>
<p>I personally didn’t use this (I used it to teach myself multivariable calculus before college starts this fall), but it’s great when you want to know the material like you should expect at college level.
There are some sections you should skip at first, like hyperbolic functions (both in the textbook and these lectures), but come back to them at the end because they are intresting, whether you need to know them or not.</p>
<p>NOTE: You CANNOT take both Calculus exams in the same year. They just won’t let you. If you are going to learn BC, take the BC exam anyway. Don’t worry too much about the AB exam.</p>
<p>If you do need help, although I’ve graduated high school this past year, I know my calculus pretty well, enough to be able to take Vector Calculus this fall. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one here, and really anyone here could help if they so choose.</p>
<p>Good luck in the future!</p>
<p>Thank you SO much!! That’s extremely helpful! I actually have the same textbook that you’re talking about, my teacher gave it to me. And I’ve also seen that course on MIT OCW, so I’m glad to know that it helped you learn Calculus before college. </p>
<p>That’s helpful to know about not taking the two Calculus exams in the same year, I didn’t know that. I think that I’ll just go ahead and take the BC exam unless I really just don’t feel like I’m prepared enough for it, in which case I can take the AB since I already know most single variable calculus. </p>
<p>If I ever need help, I’ll be sure to PM you if you’re not too busy. Thank you again!</p>