<p>Hello everyone! Thank you for reading this.
I will be a senior next year and I am having a bit of trouble finalizing my schedule for the upcoming school year. I completed AP Calculus AB last year, which is the highest math course my school offers. I was planning on taking AP Calculus BC next year online, but I would have to sacrifice taking AP US History.
My questions: Would it be better to take APUSH, and self-study for BC? Or should I take BC and skip US History altogether? Also, I have one semester available for a class: would it be a good idea to complete a BC course online in that time?
My school offers only four AP course, three of which I have taken or will be taking. (AP US History being the last one). </p>
<p>The rest of my schedule consists of:
Honors Spanish 5
Honors English 12
Honors Physics
Yearbook
Organic Chemistry/other semester course
AP US Government and Politics </p>
<p>Any input would be appreciated, and thanks in advance!</p>
<p>BC can be done self-study very very easily imho</p>
<p>Doesn’t BC just add a few more chapters to ab? that’s what I’ve hear</p>
<p>If you haven’t taken a US history course in high school yet, definitely go with APUSH.</p>
<p>If you have, it comes down to a few things:</p>
<p>Tentative Major
Have you taken SAT2’s in US/MathII?
Personal Preference</p>
<p>AB is half of BC (I think) and most kids usually take one OR the other. If this were through your school I would have said skip BC but since this is on your own I think you could probably handle it. Just go for it.</p>
<p>If you’re leaning more towards math and science for college, you may want to consider taking BC. If not, then it doesn’t really matter. Do you have a community college nearby that would allow you to take calc 2? That’s another idea. I’m assuming taking the next calc would help you do better on the math SAT 2, and possibly the ACT or SAT, but many colleges will probably be fine with just calc 1.</p>
<p>Choose the course you think you’ll need more in the long run.</p>
<p>Our community college offers Calc 2, but the problem is that it’s only in the mornings and it would take the space of two periods. I plan of focusing on science in college.
Thank you all for the opinions, I’ll definitely take them all into account!</p>