<p>i'm taking it in september. should i expect a brain raping or just a challenging course? if any of yous guys took it, how often did you study for it, how difficult was it, what was your grade in the class and the ap test, what did you do after the ap test, etc. thanks a lot</p>
<p>i'm really really nervous about this class. does anybody have any advice on how to prepare for september? like should i review basic algebra concepts, or relearn the unit circle and identities, or what?</p>
<p>as you can tell, i'm in the dark here, so please help me out</p>
<p>Unless you have trouble with the algebra, it’s not that hard. There will also be a few problems where you might have trouble visualizing the way to solve it, and you may also get frustrated and feel unprepared occasionally. It’s not that big of a deal.</p>
<p>I didn’t study that much, just made sure I could do and understand the homework.</p>
<p>so i shouldn’t be too worried about it?</p>
<p>Make sure you remember all the stuff you learned in trig. You shouldn’t be too worried about it, it’s a 1 semester college class stretched out over a whole year.</p>
<p>AB is definitely not bad at all. In my text book, we start off the year with limits, which are really easy and it never gets too difficult. Basically it’s all derivatives and integrals (you’ll find out what that means…haha) and after a while, you get used to it. Don’t worry about it too much, you’ll be fine!</p>
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<p>Yeah, you have 33 weeks to learn what at UCLA they teach in 10. The pace is very gentle.</p>
<p>yeah we already did basic limits and derivatives in precalc and they were pretty easy. i’m not really worried about the ap test as much as i am about the school tests. even though the subjects are pretty easy, the teachers always **** up the tests and make everything really hard to lower the average. how hard is it to get an A?</p>
<p>None of us know how hard your teacher will be. Ask someone from your school who has taken the class.</p>
<p>^ umm wouldn’t that depend on the teacher?</p>
<p>Okay how about this.</p>
<p>AP curriculum - VERY simplistic and easy. Basic introduction to calculus.</p>
<p>Teacher- A teacher COULD make this class pretty difficult, but I don’t think any teacher could make this class impossible.</p>
<p>I am also taking this class. Except we are on block 4x4 schedule and I’m pretty sure it is going to be during the 1st term. This is the first year our school is having AP Calculus AB (no BC 2nd term due to budget cuts… lame), so I can’t ask anyone about school specifics. This is also my first time taking AP. I’m not sure how easy or hard it will be to retain the information by May for AP testing. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Honestly, I’m not too worried. I like doing math and it sounds similar to Precal, which was better than expected.</p>
<p>For those of you who have taken BC, how different is it from AB? It’s possible our school will allow students to take BC online courses from BYU. I know that most of you haven’t taken online courses (neither have I), but based on your experience in a real classroom, would you consider taking Calculus BC online?</p>
<p>Thanks for input.</p>
<p>I took AB online then studied the extra material for BC in literally a week. It was a tight squeeze, but I got a 5. There are plenty of resources online to explain the material. I would also suggest getting a review book, like PR. If you really need a help, I’m sure teachers at your school would be willing.</p>
<p>It depends on the teacher. My teacher was more of a … d-bag basically, and screwed over a lot of GPAs because of his impossibility on his tests … </p>
<p>The curriculum, however, is mangeable. I got A’s throughout my entire life in math (except for one semester in Calc AB … stupid teacher, haha) so I haven’t had a lot of struggle with math. There are some difficult aspects of it like related rates, optimization and revolutions (in my opinion!). If you work hard, you can do well! </p>
<p>To answer the other questions, I got a 4 on the AP test. I studied pretty intensly towards May memorizing key theorems of calculus. </p>
<p>To review, maybe brush up on the unit circle, remember some old trig identities and maybe some pre-calc concepts like limits and derivates (i don’t know how your pre-calc class worked). That’s my suggestion. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Related rates is really simple, maybe your teacher just made it too complicated for some unknown reason. And optimization is just an application of the first derivative test, which is again fairly simple.</p>