<p>I know they are at the same time, but can I register for late testing for one of them? Im in the AB class at my school (only one offered) and Ive been self-studying the BC course. Its a policy at my school that if you are enrolled in an AP class you must take the exam to get the transcript to show up as AP. i.e. not taking AP Calc AB exam would make my transcript say Calculus I rather than AP Calculus AB. The only way I see that I can retain the AP label on my transcript and take the BC Exam is by taking one of them in late testing. Is this possible to do?</p>
<p>No, they cannot both be taken in the same year. You may take only one.</p>
<p>Talk to your guidance counselor. That school policy is probably there to enforce rigor. You are proposing to take a more difficult test than the one they require. The BC test includes much of the material from AB, and I think you get an AB subscore as well. Hopefully your school will be reasonable about this, and if the first person you talk to won’t budge on this, try moving up the administrative ladder, because it’s an extremely reasonable request.</p>
<p>I spoke to my guidance counsellor on Friday about it and she was the one that proposed taking both tests because of the school policy. Originally I was just planning to take the BC Exam because I was under the assumption that both tests could not be taken in the same year, hence the question.</p>
<p>They are given at the exact same time so its literally impossible
(correct me if im wrong)</p>
<p>They are given at the exact same time and I remember reading on the college board site (you should check this) that they specifically forbid students from taking both exams in the same year. I’m not sure but maybe they use some of the same questions on both exams?</p>
<p>For other exams which may be scheduled at the same time, it usually is possible to take both. There is a makeup time. My daughter had to do this last year for two of hers. Just make sure the school knows well in advance that you have this conflict and will need a makeup.</p>
<p>It makes complete sense that both exams cannot be administered on the same year (one as regular testing, the other as late testing). Ive looked through the collegeboard website but I cant find specifically where it says that. If anyone could help me find it it would be much appreciated</p>
<p>The BC test has a AB subscore. If your school is reasonable, it should accept that as sufficient to show the AB class as AP on your transcript.</p>
<p>“You may not take both the Calculus AB and Calculus BC exams within the same year.”</p>
<p><a href=“Get the Most Out of AP – AP Students | College Board”>Get the Most Out of AP – AP Students | College Board;
<p>Jeez, your school is even worse than mine (in terms of unreasonableness)! If your school district isn’t too bureaucratic, you could raise the issue with the assistant principal…</p>
<p>I emailed my counsellor this information and they refuse to allow me to take the BC exam.
Since Ive done a ton of work for this class already, is there any online college course that i could complete for college credit?</p>
<p>Can you appeal to the person above the counselor, or to the school district?</p>
<p>I’m planning to plant my case to the counselor on Tuesday (we had no school today) to see if they reconsider. If not, I‘ll probably take it to the school director.</p>
<p>I would definitely take the BC test if I were you. Good luck with your case!
The BC exam is the same as the AB exam, with the extra BC concepts added in. Even if you failed the BC exam, you could still get AB credit at most all colleges. Hopefully, your school will stop being so stubborn. I remember I went to a school as horrible as that, but I eventually left it - sucky education and rednecks everywhere</p>
<p>Hi thesoxpride10. I am keen to know if you have been allowed to take both AB and BC in the same year.
My DD is in the same situation. She is in junior year and has already studied extensively for BC, while enrolled in an AB class. School policy states that she has to do the AB exam at the end of the AB course. She is allowed to take BC in Grade 12. </p>
<p>Take it to the headmaster/principal and if that does not work, go to the school district/superintendent. Worst case, you could leak the idiocy to the local media…but try other avenues first. Sometimes faculty get so tied up into the ‘policy’ that they ignore the purpose. If you do well on the BC they should be proud and happy for you and not have any issue with not technically taking the AB.</p>
<p>You’re right. I wish it were possible. Besides, sometimes you are seen as a pushy parent, trying to overburden the kid. The argument is that the BC course and exam can theoretically be done in Grade 12 so what’s the urgency. DD is obviously disappointed. Hence trying to find alternatives. Has anyone been able to take both AB and BC exams at different testing centers.</p>
<p>@Matt17, did you read this thread? It’s very clearly and specifically against college board rules to take both exams in the same year. I haven’t looked through the exams to see, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the reason is they are using some of the exact same questions on both exams. You’re asking if people have broken the rules by using different testing centers?</p>
<p>If you have taken this issue to the principal and to the school board, there really isn’t anything else you can do. Well, I suppose you could engage in a bit of protest and simply sign her up for BC at a different test center and simply not show up for the AB test at her own school. But she’s only a junior and if they flunk her out of spite for AB for doing that, that doesn’t help her.</p>
<p>They definitely have portions of the BC test that are on AB, hence the overlap in the letters. I have no idea as to the late thing, but it looks like there isn’t much to be done on that front.</p>
<p>You may NOT take both exams in same year (questions overlap) and scores (both) will be invalidated.</p>
<p>Students in my AB course (one semester of college calc) who have learned the additional topics from BC (second semester of college calc) may opt to take the BC exam INSTEAD OF the AB exam. When I receive the students scores, the BC testers will have an AB subscore that can be used. </p>
<p>For many of my students in recent years it hasn’t mattered. Even with 5’s they have had to take some of the stronger competitive STEM universities calc classes, but the 5 has been nice. I will sometimes have students with 4BC/5 AB subscore.</p>