I’m hoping for at least a 4 (or a 3) on the calc AB exam. I bought a 2015 Princeton Review book and I was wondering what some good studying strategies would be/what material to focus on. I usually get at least 90’s on tests so I’m hoping a 4 is realistic. I’m hoping to skip Math 124 and go into the second quarter of calculus (I want to go into engineering but apparently skipping quarters of calculus is a bad idea… any thoughts on this?) I tried taking a practice exam but I’m not done learning all the material yet so I’m having a little trouble on where/when to start reviewing haha. Thank you
There is a free prep course on Coursera called “Preparing for the AP Calculus AB (and BC) Exams” by the University of Houston if anyone is interested. The course just started yesterday and will go on for 8 weeks until exam week.
There is a discussion forum w/ other participants in the course as well!
Go to Coursera dot org and type in this extension in the html: /course/apcalc
Thank you! @sleath56
Glad to help.
There is also a Calculus video series which I enjoy, they are actual in-class (HD!) recorded lectures by Professor Leonard on Youtube (the channel is ‘Professor Leonard’. The Calculus 1 section corresponds with AB material.
It’s better than series like khanacademy and IntegralCalc IMO because it is authentically a real lecture taught by a university professor. The lectures are pretty long, some videos on fundamental topics are up to 2 and 1/2 hours long, but it is very thorough and likely more comprehensive than your high school AP Calc class, where things are often crammed to meet the May deadline.
@sleath56 I’ve been on the coursera course and it’s so helpful and thorough, I’m somewhat surprised it’s free! haha. and thanks i’ll check those out as well! yeah, i’m not a huge fan of khan academy haha