<p>Let me teach you some math:</p>
<p>.5*(100+86)=93=A</p>
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<p>It’s not complex. It’s plug-and-chug single variable calculus. However, for an initial run-through, an 86 isn’t half bad.</p>
<p>Michael2: advanced for the person is what your not getting. I’m not saying it’s more advanced than any other math course you will take. And yes of course it is not advanced compared to those higher level courses. That’s great that you are in those classes already, but that doesn’t mean he is so behind. Just because it’s simply not your level doesn’t mean it’s generally an easy course. APs are typically meant to be more challenging or advanced than the rest of the curriculum. I think that’s what the person meant by advanced, a more accelerated course than the normal version.</p>
<p>But… AP Physics > AP Chem > AP US > AP Government > AP Bio > AP Econ > AP World > AP Lit > AP Calc</p>
<p>^Nice comparasion. I agree that Physics takes the most intuition because you need both the math skills and the physics skills. The rest are pretty much memorization oriented. You dont actually have to understand whats going on.</p>
<p>Yes, and calc is the one of the most memory-oriented, though with the least to memorize.</p>
<p>Maybe an 86 is repulsive for you and that’s not a bad thing. It means you’re striving for the best. Just work harder and smarter next time and you’ll make an A easily. By smarter i mean judging what’s more helpful to study for the test and spending more time on that.</p>
<p>I found out I got one of the highest grades in the class.</p>
<p>^ Yes! I actually think that would help. Being too over confident hurts you in the end!!</p>
<p>@ColumbianX I have a question, is your AP Calculus class year long? Sorry for being off topic.</p>
<p>This thread makes me lol in a bad way. Our AP Calc teacher is notorious for going outside the box and making the class harder than the AP test will be. He says college freshman taking the AP Calc equivalent say their classes in college are easier, and they are going to good schools. The kids ranked 1 and 2 in my grade are in my class, they both have A-s, I have a B+. The class average is around a B, or B-, but everyone gets 5s on the exam. OP, it looks like your teacher is easy as hell if you’ve never gotten below an A. My high school is in the top 5 public schools in my state, so our student body is pretty smart, yet we average a B to B-. I think it’s hilarious when CC kids complain about getting a bad grade when that’s a reality students at my school face daily.</p>
<p>But… AP Physics > AP Chem > AP US > AP Government > AP Bio > AP Econ > AP World > AP Lit > AP Calc >AP stats</p>
<p>You forgot the AP stats at the end.</p>
<p>My calculus teacher also added in some harder topics such as Laplace Transforms and using them to solve linear differential equations that we wouldn’t have been able to solve with the methods that are typically taught such as V substitution. The class wasn’t AP, but it covered more topics than AB and most of the ones from BC. All math is easy. If it isn’t easy, you’re doing it wrong. AP calc may be an advanced course compared to high school courses that some people take, but when considered in the field of mathematics it is not advanced and it is a rather fundamental math subject in absolute terms. I will admit that some concepts can be hard to understand the first couple times you use them.</p>
<p>^^ Not in my school…</p>
<p>AP Gov > AP Calc (AB/BC) > AP Phys > APUSH > AP Bio > AP Chem > AP lit > AP lang > AP stats</p>
<p>Gov and Calc are notoriously harder than they should be.</p>
<p>Again, you’re making a generalization. Maybe all math is easy for you, but this isn’t true for everyone. Personally, I find most subjects to be easier than any type of math. We all have different minds. I don’t assume my classmates are ‘doing something wrong’ when they can’t write an “A” worthy biology paper as easy as I can. They just have different strengths.</p>
<p>Had my semester final exam today! Definitely screwed myself on an anti derivative problem, I forgot the anti derivative of secant and couldn’t remember how to find it trigonetrically either! :/</p>
<p>@michael: Hey, I forgot about Stats! I couldn’t stand that class… our teacher had us do every problem in the freaking book, sequentially, and it was taking like 2-3 hours a night for a joke class’s busywork. Got out after the first semester, and didn’t care to take the test. </p>
<p>I wish I had more familiarity with Laplace transforms. Unless I don’t remember the name, I don’t think I’ve taken a class that covered it yet. What’s it used for?</p>
<p>@dfree124: I’m just talking about the intensity of the material itself, as presented on the official tests. My metric is how hard it is to get 90%+ raw score on a practice test. Never could do it on physics… </p>
<p>@helloel: We aren’t saying it’s necessarily easy for everyone. However, it is by no means an “incredibly advanced subject.”</p>
<p>I took the test! Hope I get 100</p>
<p>An 86 in such an easy course such as AP Calc is truly a vile slap in the face. You might as well quit school and start massaging the feet of those that are superior. I’m sorry, but that is your fate; you now live to serve. AP Calc is the course in which EVERYONE gets A’s, even the less intelligent students. I’m sorry to inform you about the truth.</p>
<p>This is why admissions officer criticize college confidential.</p>
<p>dont drink and derive or you might end up in l’hospital… optimization is literally using the power rule and algebra 1</p>