<p>Here's the thing. I'm a freshman at my high school taking precalc. I was going to be taking honors precalc, but my counselor said no because I am already taking AP World History and Honors Bio. Because I'm taking regular precalc, I have to take AP Calc AB skipping AB to BC. </p>
<p>But a friend I was talking said I should take Calc at the local community college over the summer. He told me this would let me skip AB and BC (will it?) letting me go to either AP Stat or AP Com Sci. I will also be taking summer school to finish up an easy grad requirement. </p>
<p>Is college a lot harder than regular precalc or calc at high school?
And have anyone you done this and know if Calc boosts GPA.
Also, I will be having a of studying to do over the summer. I have to test out of English 10 (or whatever its actually name is) to take AP Comp and Lit. English 10 isn't too bad. I also want to take AP Micro-Macro, instead of USH or APUSH (you need to complete one of those to graduate). So, A couple of friends and I are studying over the summer. I also need to study to test out of Spanish 2, which is easy.</p>
<p>This also leads me to my second question:
Is to-be sophomore schedule too hard?
Science- AP Bio: Pretty much tortue like any other school
Social Studies- AP Micro-Macro: Simple and fun.
English- AP Comp and Lit: pretty fun in our school. Don't know about how hard it is though.
Math- AP Com Sci(if it all works out): Hard and challenging.
Foreign Language- Spanish 3- if i pass.
Elective- some blowoff class.</p>
<p>You posted this in 3 different places, I think high school life should suffice.
You have so many questions! And have been a bit misinformed! Ok, to start, AP comp Sci does not require calculus. All you need is basic algebra and logic. People always think that computer science = math but not always. Same with AP stats, all you need is algebra 2, at least in my school.
The difference between calc AB and calc BC isn’t difficulty really. AB covers one semester of college calc and BC covers a year. I think usually college calc is harder but I could be wrong.
And dude, about your schedule, you might want to chill! That’s a difficult schedule for a junior/senior let alone a Sophomore.I would recommend against taking an AP English, everything else maybe if you think you can handle it.</p>
<p>Also AP comp Sci isn’t considered a math class. There is no math involved practically.</p>
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<p>First, why would calculus of any kind be a prerequisite for AP Stats or AP Computer Science? (AP Computer Science doesn’t count as a unit of math, btw.)</p>
<p>AP Calculus AB = Calculus I
AP Calculus BC = Calculus I and II</p>
<p>Does this college calculus class cover Calculus I and Calculus II, or just Calculus I? Often they will be separate classes, so the first class you take would only cover the material in AP Calculus AB. Calculus I material is the same pretty much everywhere, but college classes are structured differently than high school classes.</p>
<p>Whether or not you’ll be able get high school credit for summer classes depends on your school. At my high school, a college course isn’t worth a full credit because you aren’t in a classroom for as many hours in a college class as you are in a high school class.</p>
<p>If AP Calculus is offered at your school, it would be better to take that class rather than to take a community college course. AP courses are standardized, and community college courses could either be very easy or very challenging depending on where you go. Generally, when you’re choosing between a community college course and its AP equivalent offered at your high school, it’s better to choose the AP course because colleges will look more favorably on it.</p>
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<p>How would we know what’s going to be hard for you? It’s best to take the hardest classes possible anyway.</p>
<p>Just a question, are you in regular English 9 or in honors?</p>
<p>I’m in regular. It’s easy though.</p>
<p>Hmm. I would recommend taking honors English next year then take AP in 11th grade. English isn’t usually considered hard but one needs to have a strong base in it and its time consuming.</p>
<p>One more question, why are you trying to test out of so many things?</p>