<p>well, i'm a sophmore right now taking trig. i'm skipping precalc and going straight into calculus bc next year. do you think is a good idea? I have no precalc knowledge. but i'm more concerned if calculus bc covers all material on math level 2 SAT. and, does Calc bc review everything you need to know for the course? </p>
<p>Not sure why you insist on asking test prep questions on the Admissions forum, there’s a forum specifically for Subject tests…</p>
<p>There is no calculus on the Math 2 test. Skipping pre-calc to go to BC is probably not a good idea. Why would your school even allow this?</p>
<p>You definitely shouldn’t do this. It might be ok to go into Calc AB without Pre-Calc but BC???</p>
<p>Yeah, there is no way you should be talking Calc BC without Precalc, your sanity and grade will most definitely suffer.</p>
<p>Precalculus and trigonometry are important knowledge to have before taking calculus. These topics are also the topics in the SAT subject math level 2 that are not also in math level 1 (no calculus is in either SAT subject math test).</p>
<p>The majority of the math 2 questions are pre-cal level so you would be making a big mistake in skipping it…additionally depending on your skill, unless you are a child prodigy you will get boned in Calc BC without pre-cal…the class is even difficult to those who have taken pre-cal…</p>
<p>At my school some sophomores decide to take Calc AB after taking pre-calculus over the summer. Around 70% of the time these sophomores do very poorly in said class. The “new math” you learn in a calculus class is not very difficult mathematically -conceptually is a different matter :). However you need a very strong foundation in algebra and trigonometry to really master calculus. </p>
<p>change of mind. i’m taking calc ab next year. going into bc isn’t a good idea. so will calc ab cover everything on sat ii math?</p>
<p>AB will not be covered at all on the sat2 math either. sat2 math is algebra to precalc. A good choice to go with AB though, you should be able to do well there.</p>
<p>There’s 0 calculus (even pre calc) on Math ii. It only goes up to Algebra ii/trig. I skipped AB and went pre calc to BC and I did ok but Ive never hard of anyone skipping 2 classes. Algebra ii and calc bc are completely different classes. You will not do well I guarantee it.</p>