<p>I'm signed up for AP Calc BC at my school where it's usually a senior class. I'm going to be a junior next year and just wanted to know how hard the class will be from all of you who have taken it. The teacher grades on a curve, which might sound easier, but all the seniors who will be in that class are smart beyond belief. With that being said, I'm even afraid of not pulling a B in the class. I like to think that my math skills are up to par, qualified for the AIME, but is that enough?</p>
<p>Before you took AP Calc BC, what class did you take before?</p>
<p>That is kind of crucial to know before any of us can say whether or not it will be hard for you.</p>
<p>just geometry freshman year, algebra II soph (i know, it's weird, but my school splits it up in two years), took pre-calc during the summer at a local college (complete waste of my time, learned nothing).</p>
<p>BTW, they were all honors and all A's</p>
<p>To be honest, you are going to have to work a lot over the year to manage at least a B.</p>
<p>Preferably, you should have gotten a background in differentiation before moving onto Calc BC. If you had learned this in precalculus, then you are set. I highly doubt you have though.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input. How about Calc AB then?</p>
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<p>If you are good at math (and from your scores, it indicates so), you'll be fine in Calc AB. You could take Calc BC except you might have to work a bit harder. If you have the time to work harder, I'd earnestly say stick with Calc BC.</p>
<p>Thanks. Math is pretty much the only thing I'm good at, so hopefully I won't screw this up.</p>
<p>I'd just stick with BC.</p>
<p>AIME/AMC performance does not indicate mathematical knowledge. It demonstrates mathematical aptitude. </p>
<p>I would say you should stick with Calculus BC. There isn't really all that much information in BC, compared to AB. The only thing you really have to "learn" in BC is series. Otherwise, everything else builds on AB knowledge (differentiation/integration with polar coordinates...etc.), so I think you should be okay. Just be prepared to work a little bit harder in the beginning because you haven't had exposure yet to basic diffentiation/integration.</p>
<p>Get acclimated to some basic differentiation/integration principles before school starts, and take BC.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone!</p>