<p>Hey, my school only offers Calc AB so I'm taking it this year (junior). If I take Calc BC online next year, it wouldn't look bad that I spread calculus over two years right? Since my school doesn't offer BC? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>The fact that you took AP calculus is enough for most schools. And the fact that you'll be going above and beyond what is offered to you at your school is even better. Everything is taken in the context of what your school offers. Taking AB if that's the highest your school offers is good, and taking BC separately shows that you did even more to extend your education. It definitely can't hurt.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that a lot of schools require students to complete AB before they can enroll in BC, so I think it is pretty common to see students who spread it over two years. Our schools here allow students to do it both ways: directly into BC or in sequence.</p>
<p>I guess it really varies- At my school you can't enroll in any level of calculus until senior year unless you are well-advanced before entering high school, which rarely occurs. There is a choice for seniors between AB and BC, and they are the basically the same thing, just taught at different speeds and with extra information added to BC.</p>
<p>^^^They aren't the same thing. Most college calculus sequences are three semesters; differential, integral, and multivariate. Calc AB is equivalent to differential (first semester only); Calc BC is equivalent to both differential and integral (two semesters).</p>
<p>Schools that tell students to take AB before BC are just wasting their students time, since if they take AB, and then take BC the next year, they will be relearning information and will be bored the first semester of BC.</p>
<p>I'm in the same situation for physics as well. The school offers Physics B but I want to also take Physics C online next year.</p>
<p>I was worried that it would seem as if I'm taking a less rigorous courseload but it seems it's okay. Thanks :D</p>