<p>First semester is AB, second is BC.</p>
<p>100% pass rate, mostly 5's</p>
<p>Teacher = awesome 8)</p>
<p>We've had 40 5's and one 4 over three years with our new teacher. Damn...I'm basically guaranteed a 5.</p>
<p>lol..
in our school there's 2 math routes:
9 alg 1
10 geo
11 alg2
12 precal
or
9 geom
10 alg2,
11 precal
12 calc AB</p>
<p>well i jumped and took precal+calc AB in junior yr, i broke the system and took BC, my counselor doesn't even know such course exists, he was like "calculus what? calculus is the epitome of all math.." then i had to explain,geez. now im pretty much self studying BC though i sit in a BC class with AB kids....</p>
<p>My course.</p>
<p>7th algebra 1
8th geometry
9th algebra 2
10th pre cal
11th cal AB/part of BC (take AB test)
12th BC/multi (take BC test)</p>
<p>Our BC course is pretty good. Last year, 90% got a 5. (there were only 10 in the class :P)</p>
<p>It's not uncommon for kids at my school to go from Algebra 2 w/ Trigonometry straight to AP Calculus B/C. Our Calculus B/C class goes over everything starting from A material, and our Pre-Calculus H class is pretty much a review of Algebra 2 w/ Trigonometry, so lots of people don't even take it. We have, I believe, a 99% pass rate for AP Calculus B/C, and about 150 kids take it every year.</p>
<p>I, however, went like this:</p>
<p>7th: Algebra 1
8th: Geometry Enriched
9th: Algebra 2 w/ Trigonometry
10th: Pre-Calculus Honors
11th: AP Calculus B/C
12th: AP Statistics (will be taking next year, along with Multivariable Calculus, etc.)</p>
<p>Haha, I believe there's one person right now out of 400 or 500 seniors taking AP Calc BC; the school only offers AB, which she took as a junior. Our school looks so lame but our teacher is pretty awesome, and I'm pretty sure that we have close to a 100% pass rate for AB, with most people getting 5s. I'm taking AB as a junior now so I figured I'd just independent study it up next year but we are actually going to have a BC class next year! [first year on block scheduling]
aaaand the best part is that I can't actually take it, because it'll basically be this year on steroids I guess, and the school considers them equivalent classes [like how if you passed CP Geometry you couldn't take Honors Geometry for another credit].
So what I'm considering is, since it'll be a three-quarter class, taking another class for the first semester [while they're learning AB stuff] and then sitting in on the class 3rd quarter. Kind of a pain, but they're still trying to figure all this stuff out; the administration seems more confused about block scheduling than we are.</p>
<p>Mine goes from precalc honors to BC, or precalc to AB (if they are up to it). The catch is that precalc honors covers all of precalc in 2 out of the 3 trimesters and then BC calc lasts for a year and a third.</p>
<p>at my school you take algebra II and then you get separated into honors pre calc or advanced pre calc... the people in honors pre calc go to calc ab (a 1 year course) and people in advanced pre calc go to calc bc w/o taking calc ab.... </p>
<p>we're able to skip mainly because we go at such a fast pace (in advanced pre calc and calc bc) that we are able to finish early.... i mean in my bc class, we finished all the calc ab material... our final was a past ab test lolz..</p>
<p>According to my transcript:</p>
<p>8th-Algebra I
9th-Geometry online, Algebra II online, Pre-cal online
10th- AP Calculus BC online</p>
<p>Planned (More like praying for):
Summer: Multivariable Calculus online
Junior: Number Theory, Combinatorics/Game Theory, Graph Theory, Guided study of: Linear Algebra, Differential Equations
Senior: Something like guided study of real/complex analysis and something else</p>
<p>My school doesn't have AP Calculus... heck we won't have Pre-cal (Integrated IV) until next year</p>
<p>Average track at my school:</p>
<p>9th-Integrated I (Algebra 1/2)
10th-Integrated II (Algebra 1)
11th-Integrated III (Algebra II +Geometry)
12th-Integrated IV (Pre-cal) (We have no juniors or seniors this year, thus we have no pre-cal)</p>
<p>We only have one class of Integrated III... all the freshmen are like "What math are you in?" You should see their eyes when they realize that when they've finished their senior year, they'll be 1-2 courses behind where you are in your sophomore year.</p>
<p>Anyway, online the prerequisite for both AB and BC is an A in pre-cal... both are year-long and most people take AB instead of BC.</p>
<p>Oh, and there's an 8th grader in my BC calculus class who owns you all... no, I'm not kidding.</p>
<p>D's school does AB in two semesters than C only in the third semester, with lots of review for the BC test.</p>
<p>aigiqinf, what kind of school do you go to? No juniors or seniors...? </p>
<p>anyways our school goes like this:</p>
<p>The most typical: (HONORS route)
8th-alg.1 honors
9th-geom. honors
10th-alg.2 honors
11-precalc honors
12-AP CALC BC</p>
<p>or (REGULAR ROUTE)</p>
<p>8th-alg1.
9th-geom
10th-alg.2
11th-precalc regular
12th- AP CALC AB</p>
<p>or (for those who want to do math after alg.2 but not "hard" math)</p>
<p>8th-alg.1
9th-geom
10th-alg.2
11th-Trig./Discrete Math
12th-AP STATs. </p>
<p>This is mine:
8th-Geom.honors
9th-alg.2 honors
10th-precalc honors
11th-AP CALC BC
next year-Multivariable 1st semester / Linear Algebra 2nd semester</p>
<p>Our school has so many math classes and tracks it would make your head swim but here is the track that my son is on:</p>
<p>Freshman: Algebra II (includes Trig and is actually 3 semesters of work in 2)
Sophomore: Elementary Functions/Calculus AB
Junior: Calculus BC
Senior: Math HL (we are an IB school)</p>
<p>Our school actually offers an even higher level of math beyond these called Calculus 2/3 but I don't think many people take it.</p>
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aigiqinf, what kind of school do you go to? No juniors or seniors...?
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<p>None yet... we are new, have an admissions process, and only accept rising 9th graders.</p>
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Our school actually offers an even higher level of math beyond these called Calculus 2/3 but I don't think many people take it.
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<p>Calculus BC is calculus II... isn't Math HL pretty much just BC again? </p>
<p>Calculus III is Multivariable calculus... normal courses you may offer with multivariable calculus would be Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, number theory... etc. Which aren't above Calculus III per se.</p>
<p>HL is not a repeat of Calc BC. HL seems to be a high level, comprehensive overview of high school math. The course guide describes it as follows:</p>
<p>Offered only to 12th graders
This course prepares students for the IB-HL math exam. Core topics for the course include algebra, functions and equations, circular functions and trigonometry, matrices, vectors, calculus, and statistics and probability. One optional topic is also studied as selected by the instructor from the IB syllabus.....</p>
<p>I'm assuming that someone who was a math Rock Star could take the IB HL without prep, but I think all the IB diploma candidates do take the HL math class before they take the HL test. I'll have to check on this.</p>
<p>At our school, I also don't think Calc 2 is a repeat of Calc BC. Now keep in mind that math is all Greek to me but here are the course descriptions:</p>
<p>Calc BC
Includes polar coordinates, differential equations, infinite series, and integration techniques.</p>
<p>Calc 2
includes transcendental functions, methods of integration, polar coordinates, conic sections, improper integrals, vectors, dot and cross products, spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems. and infinite series. Students completing this course will have thorough understanding exponential logarithmic hyperbolic and inverse trigonometric functions. </p>
<p>Also, at our school, Calc 2/3 earns actual college credit.</p>
<p>At our school, you must take BC as a senior. If you're an advanced junior, you take "AP Calculus 1" and "AP Calculus AB". If you're a senior taking calc for the first time, you take "AP Calculus 1" and "AP Calculus BC" (if you want). If you're a senior who took AB, you just take a semester of BC. </p>
<p>I took AP Calc 1 and AB last year; doing BC this year.</p>
<p>my school has AB & BC, but you take only one or the other after precalc. we don't have a general math track since my school's only juniors & seniors and people have had different courses from their old school. some people end up in algebra III junior year and some are already in multivariable calculus their junior years.</p>
<p>After Pre-Calculus as a junior or senior, you can take AB or BC. Of course mostly everybody in my school takes AB, the teacher is a great teacher who wants everybody to succeed.. Some kids take BC, but they should've taken AB first. The BC teacher is a fat ass who gets stuck in her chair. She can't teach for crap, I'm going to have to take BC after AB anyway. Unless I can take Stats AP.</p>
<p>My case:
7th grade - Algebra Fast Track
8th grade- Geometry Honors
9th- Algebra 2 Honors
10th -Pre-Calc Honors
11th - AP Calc AB
12th - AP Calc BC</p>
<p>"Normal route":
9th - Geometry/ Honors
10th - Algebra 2/ Honors
11th - Pre-Calc or Pre-Calc Honors or Trig (Trig if you're... not good at math)
12th - AP Calc AB, Stats /AP Stats, or Pre-Calc (if you have to repeat or if you were in Trig)</p>
<p>Rare cases (meaning about 2-5 kids every year):
7th - Geometry Honors
8th - Algebra 2 Honors
9th - Pre-Calc Honors
10th - AP Calc AB
11th - AP Calc BC
12th - AP Stats/no math/ Multi-variable at junior college</p>
<p>OR
7th grade - Algebra Fast Track
8th grade- Geometry Honors
9th- Algebra 2 Honors
10th -Pre-Calc Honors
11th - AP Calc BC
12th - Multi-variable at junior college
^A friend of mine wh</p>
<p>Different options at my school:</p>
<p>9- Geometry
10- Alg 2
11- Precal
12- AP Calc AB</p>
<p>9- Geom
10- Alg 2
11- Precal
12- AP Calc BC</p>
<p>9- Alg 2
10- Precal
11- AP Calc AB
12- AP Calc BC</p>
<p>Or some people just take precal senior year. It just depends on how your middle school did math. AB and BC are full year courses.</p>
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Calc BC
Includes polar coordinates, differential equations, infinite series, and integration techniques.</p>
<p>Calc 2
includes transcendental functions, methods of integration, polar coordinates, conic sections, improper integrals, vectors, dot and cross products, spherical and cylindrical coordinate systems. and infinite series. Students completing this course will have thorough understanding exponential logarithmic hyperbolic and inverse trigonometric functions.
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<p>The overwhelming majority of colleges grant credit for Calculus II for a 3-5 on the AP Calculus BC exam. AP Calculus BC is supposed to cover 90-98% of what your calculus II class does.</p>
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I'm assuming that someone who was a math Rock Star could take the IB HL without prep, but I think all the IB diploma candidates do take the HL math class before they take the HL test. I'll have to check on this.
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I don't believe you can take any IB class without an IB class... I've done a bit of research and this is a bit of what I've found:</p>
<p>IB HL/AP Calculus are sometimes taught together covering both classes...</p>
<p>IB HL does not cover enough integration for students to do very well on the AP Calculus BC test...</p>