Do you need calculus AB, to do BC?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Do you need calculus AB, to do BC?
What is the difference between them?
How hard are they?</p>

2

<p>No, because the AB Stuff is covered in BC, BC just goes deeper into Calculus.</p>

3

<p>Short answer: No.
Long answer: It depends on your school (unless you are self-studying, in which case I have different advice). At some schools, going straight to BC is normal and should not be a problem if you are a reasonably competent student. At others, AB is considered a standard prerequisite and you will have to do some self-study beforehand in order to survive BC.</p>

<p>I certainly didn’t find either course difficult.</p>

4

<p>No, BC covers all the topics covered in AB but generally in more depth with some additional topics. I didn’t find BC particularly difficult, but a lot depends on your teacher and your skills/work ethic</p>

5

<p>No, you don’t.</p>

<p>At my school, you can go straight from Pre-Calc to BC.</p>

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<p>If I didn’t do so well in Pre-Calculus, but did well in Algebra II (I know they are almost the same things), will I not succeed in AP Calculus AB/BC?</p>

7

<p>^ Eh, Calc is so cookbook that theoretically you could get a top grade without understanding the concepts at all.</p>

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<p>^^I think that you will find it slightly difficult, if you did not suceed in Precalc. However, with a lot of studying, you should be able to suceed in AP Calculus. I thought that Algebra II was very different from Precalc…</p>

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<p>If I pass the Calc AB AP exam next year, then in college would it be easy to go straight to Calc BC without retaking Calc AB?</p>