<p>I am hoping CC can advise me in what I should do.
I've had a complicated math background. I've taken Geometry, Honors Alg 2, then went down to regulars Pre-Calc because I had a B in Honors Alg 2, I found Pre-Calc to be the same thing as Honors Alg 2, and regretted going down. I am taking a pre-calculus class at a community college to prepare myself for Calc Honors.<br>
However, my senior schedule got screwed and if I want to continue to take Spanish 5 Honors I have to drop Calc Honors....leaving me with AP Calc.
Now do you think I am prepared to take AP Calc? Also, I am not a math person, I am more of a humanities person, but I am somehow works hard.
I feel that since I've taken pre-calc technically twice, I should have a strong foundation that will prepare me for AP Calc. Is that true? I do have an A right now in my college class.</p>
<p>I would never have thought about taking AP Calc, except now that my schedule is screwed up, I am left with the option of AP Calc if I want to take Spanish V Honors.</p>
<p>Your in a **** hole. Lol just kidding I personally had no problem. I could have taken BC and still gotten an A. But I am a math person. I thought it was super easy and I didn’t do more than 1 homework assignment all year. On the other, all year, people complained about the class and how ‘hard’ it was. Depends who you are and how strict your teacher is. You semm tht you will have trouble with the class.</p>
<p>Also, in college if you will take calc, I suggest you take calc in Highschool too so u will gt a better grade in college. That’s only if you can sacrifice not getting an A and getting a lower gpa in Highschool.</p>
<p>You should really be fine. Calc AB is literally just the fundamentals of calculus.</p>
<p>Or should I just drop Spanish 5 and take Calc Honors with AP Statistics? Would that be a better route?
The only thing I worry about with AP Calc is not maintaining a B first quarter especially when I am applying to colleges; I don’t know what to expect.</p>
<p>If you were thinking about taking Calc BC, that might be hard coming from regular Pre Calc. But AB? You should be fine. I know kids at my school that have done that with no worry. Also, think of it this way, a lot of high schools don’t even have classes like Calc Honors, and all kids are forced straight into AP Calc. Obviously the school thinks they’re prepared enough to do this, and this is a pretty normal thing, so go ahead with it.</p>
<p>AB is like a semester of college calculus taken over a whole year in high school. It should not be that hard… if it is, you’ll be glad to be taking it at a slow pace instead of jumping into a full speed college calculus course in college.</p>
<p>However, not all colleges or college majors require calculus. If the college does not require calculus for everyone, majors that typically require it include economics, business, and all science and engineering majors. Pre-meds (regardless of major) may also need it for many medical schools (though many of them need actual college courses, not AP credit).</p>
<p>Statistics is generally useful for all students in all majors, although some majors may require taking a calculus-based course which is more advanced than AP statistics.</p>
<p>Calc AB is Calc 1, which is just differentiation with a LITTLE integration. Differentiation is really easy - people get by without even understanding the underlying principles. Integration is more of an art, but you won’t get much of that in AB.</p>