For Those Who Successfully Self-Studied Calc BC...

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<p>I'd like to ask several questions:</p>

<p>What was the pace of your self-study like? (i.e. when did you start, how did you distribute your time for each main topics, when did you start doing practice test, if any)</p>

<p>Did some concepts require more time to understand while others were mastered in a breeze?</p>

<p>Do you have any general or specific tips on how to go about self-studying BC? (ex. I wish I could've ___________________ more or prepared for ___________ better)</p>

<p>Which review book / website / other resources did you find particularly useful?</p>

<p>For some background info, I took Calc AB last year in class and got a 5, so I'm fairly familiar with the basic derivatives/integral concepts (I couldn't take the BC class due to schedule conflicts :( </p>

<p>anyways, thanks for all your help!</p>

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<li><p>I did it all in approximately two months (June+July the year before) plus some practice in April. (I actually self-studied the AP Calc AB material as a freshman, but I took the BC test as a junior, so…)</p></li>
<li><p>Everything was trivial. Except for Taylor series/polynomials and whatever came with it. (Polar stuff and logistic growth may also be slightly annoying.)</p></li>
<li><p>Don’t fail. I prepared pretty well, so I don’t really have anything to say beyond “do a bunch of problems”.</p></li>
<li><p>I hear PR is good. I used “Be Prepared for the AP Calculus Exam”, and it worked out pretty well for me.</p></li>
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<p>I am not your average student, nor am I your average AP Calc student, so feel free to take this advice with a grain of salt.</p>