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We learned a lot in Pre-cal. I've determined that's because we didn't learn anything in algebra II.</p>
<p>I love Calculus. :)</p>
<p>thanks for the advice everyone:)</p>
<p>I hate to say this, but Calculus is easy. I don't want to be cynical, but people like Calculus because it is easy and it makes them feel clever. It is the other kinds of math that are difficult (not Statistics, please), not calculus.</p>
<p>It is true on what they say about the questions being the same year after year. Practicing them would help a lot, to understand the questions you might encounter and to gauge your level.</p>
<p>The key to Calculus is practice. Therefore, your textbooks will come handy with many questions. Once you have done enough questions and have learned all the techniques, doing questions is pretty easy, because it will just be like doing the same question over and over again.</p>
<p>Schools holding kids back is not uncommon.</p>
<p>IRPA</a> - A Nation Deceived</p>
<p>Hey, Im sophomore and I have a B average in pre-calc. Does this mean that AP Calculus will be particularly challenging. Will I pull off at least a “B” in AP Calc. AB?</p>
<p>If you have a good, solid foundation of trig, you should be find in AP Calc AB. None of the polar coordinates or rational root theorem baloney are in the AB curriculum.</p>
<p>Believe me, it’s all up to the teacher.</p>
<p>lemone is right, teachers can make the subject easier or difficult for students (personal experience with physics). But I would just like to comment that University/College Calculus is harder than AP Calculus. Not to make anyone feel bad (its not your fault if you find AP hard), but it’s collegeboard and ETS’s fault. Standardizing everything detracts the real value found in this subjects. Some teachers complain that people are getting dumber each year. </p>
<p>What ETS REALLY means: Evil Testing Serpent. lol</p>
<p>I agree with lemone & xxsteelxx. After two years of AP classes and comparing my school/county (where students rarely pass) to others (where the norm is 4 or 5) I also add that it is the mindset of the students. My teachers try to teach but when students refuse to be taught, to think, and to advance in the subject, they make it hard for other students to get what they need for the test. </p>
<p>There are some fundamental things that you need to the learn from Precalculus but I think the two classes are completely different. I also think that you have to just step back and look at yourself and figure out what kind of person you are and if you are willing to go the extra mile for a B (if it turns out to be that tough for you. I struggled in precalc but I’m doing much better in calc) or if you don’t think it’s worth marring your transcript. </p>
<p>That’s just my two cents!</p>
<p>I took ap calc ab and got a 5. It wasn’t that hard. You just need a good pre calc background. The unit circle and 6 trig functions and their graphs are main thing to know before going into calc. My pre calc teacher was really great and even taught derivatives and limits.</p>
<p>Once in calc, you learn derivatives and integrals and some algebra tricks like x-1/x=1-1/x and it’s pretty straightforward. </p>
<p>Learn to use the graphing calc. And learn how to program it with formulas for the exam since you are allowed to use one (at least you were in 2001). For instance you might write a </p>
<p>Once in college you’ll find calculus easier than High school.</p>
<p>Yeah, the difficulty of high school level Calculus really does depend on the teacher. 
My teacher was notoriously difficult, and we had to do proofs all the time. In the end, when it was April and we started looking at past AP exams, we thought the questions were a joke.</p>
<p>Needless to say everybody except two people (who got 4’s) got 5’s on the exam.</p>
<p>Was going to say its a good idea to write programs in your calc that can solve things like a trapezoidal rule integration for you. This is allowed and is a great way to check your work for free response questions.</p>
<p>Once in college I was given credit for calculus 1 and put in calculus 2. This is really important If you major in engineering because otherwise you won’t be permitted to some of your courses on time like physics and could easily be 1 year behind (they’ll try to stick you in precalculus though you already did it high school) until u make up the math deficiency.</p>
<p>Once in college there’s no big scary ap exam. Just a couple of mid terms maybe no finals and less to forget since its 1 semester. Also the textbook is better and no graded hw do
Sometimes.</p>
<p>Hahahahahaaaha. I have no idea that Calculus had proofs, and we’re supposedly supposed to be nearing the end of Calc 1 stuff. My teacher continually misses school and doesn’t seem to care about us, so the AP exam is going to be hard for us although we get A’s because we memorize how to do things and copy the answer key to the book on our homework. </p>
<p>If you have a teacher that’s halfway decent and caring like mine never has been, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>The difficulty of AP Calculus depends on the teacher, how good you are at math, and which AP you’re taking. BC covers more material than AB.</p>
<p>My teacher doesn’t really teach very well, and I’m sure he knows that half the class won’t get a 4 or 5 on the AP exam in May. I’m barely getting a C in that class and I got an A in Pre-Calc/Trig Honors last year…</p>
<p>However, if you’re good at math and problem-solving and memorizing tons of information, calculus should be a breeze.</p>
<p>Just throwing in my two cents. I honestly find calculus to be a fun class, but my teacher is russian and favors students greatly, so it’s really hard to get a good grade in her class. I can never understand her accent and constantly fail her tests because of some stupid minus or plus sign errors. But, when i took the practice AP exam for AB from Barron’s (i’m in BC and studying for her final in a few weeks) I found it to be super simple. I had 13 minutes leftover and got an 80% on it. So it was easy enough.</p>
<p>I got a 103 in AP Calculus AB and got a 5 on the AP test bro. Super easy</p>
don’t accelerate with algebra 2 AND precalc over the summer. you really need a strong foundation in algebra 2 (not so much precalc) for calculus, especially aps. don’t rush, even just having AB is ok. BC is better, but it doesn’t make too big of a difference if you take it junior or senior year.