<p>hi i am currently a junior taking calc BC but it is hard for me
i am thinking about dropping down to Calc AB but i am scared that when college see that i hae done Calc A, then AP Calc AB, then AP Calc BC they will think i am repeating too much and it will look bad on my transcript.</p>
<p>if i get As in AB instead of a B- in BC would that be better or would not repeating be better</p>
<p>please help me </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Did you take the AP Exam for Calc AB? How did you do? If you already passed the class with an A, why do you need to repeat it? Repeating it will not help or improve your standing. Perhaps you just need a little help with BC to improve your B- grade and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>i havent taken the AB or BC exam</p>
<p>i took calculus A which is not an AP course last year and this year i am currently taking AP Calculus BC but i want to drop to Calculus AB.</p>
<p>This would mean i would be repeating the “A” part- which i’m not sure if colleges will think about this</p>
<p>I’m a junior and i’m taking Calc BC. The first 2 weeks were hell for me, but I asked around and the teacher purposely makes it super hard to make the idiots drop out. I managed a B so far, and i’m getting better. I would suggest taking BC and then Multi variable next year. If you take AB this year and BC next year, you would have repeated so much, it’s a waste of your time as well.</p>
<p>You were in calculus as a sophomore? That is three years ahead of normal.</p>
<p>When I was in high school, all of the students who reach calculus in high school (mostly seniors who were one year ahead, with the rare junior who was two years ahead and generally considered the top student in math in the whole school) went directly from precalculus to AP Calculus BC. Many got A grades in the class and 5 scores on the test.</p>
<p>AP Calculus AB is already slow-paced compared to a college freshman calculus course; seems like the non-AP course that you took last year would be even easier and slower. Given that you are so good at math that you are three years ahead, it seems inconceivable that you will have trouble with AP Calculus BC, which runs at the pace of a normal college freshman calculus course (taken by college student who are zero years ahead in math).</p>
<p>There is absolutely nothing wrong with a high school junior having a tough time with a legitimate college level class. Always keep in mind that the “standard” college-bound student will take math classes up to Pre-Calculus in their senior year. Don’t be too hard on yourself.</p>
<p>I don’t agree. If you’ve advanced beyond grade level in math, it is expected that you will be a top student in the courses that you’re taking. Otherwise, you should not have advanced. That’s the expectation.</p>
<p>You seem to forget that the purpose of high school classes is to prepare you for college, rather than emulate the college experience. It’s the same reason why colleges don’t penalize you for not getting a 5 on every AP exam you’ve ever taken. AP classes are still high school classes, despite their difficulty. A B- in AP Calculus BC indicates that the high school student has not mastered the material just yet, but it still shows that he or she is more than adequately prepared for it when in college (adequately prepared being four years of math up to pre-calculus).</p>
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<p>However, advanced students in math are (or should be) the top students in math who are ready for university level math in high school. Indeed, the whole point of having AP calculus in high school is to give those students something interesting to do in terms of math. Of course, rare cases like the OP who is three grade levels ahead at math need to look to community colleges after completing BC. The two or three grade level ahead students were often taking university junior level math as university freshmen, and graduate level math courses as university sophomores or juniors.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’ll be a huge problem, but since you said you could probably pull of a B- in the class I would think about it. Colleges like to see you challenging yourself, so maybe if you got a tutor and worked hard at it you could get a B+, which would look really great for a junior taking BC Calc? Just an idea though, it’s perfectly understandable if you want to be spending your time doing other things. Taking BC will probably look slightly better but it will be significantly more work so you just have to decide if it’s worth it for you.</p>