<p>My teacher keeps recommending that i take BC calc senior year, but even in math now i try hard just to get an A-, i think that if i took AB calc i'd get an A as oppose to maybe getting just a High B in BC. I think that i'd have a little bit of trouble moving at that pace, especially with all my other APs. Is it really that much of a difference if i take AP AB Calc instead of BC? Is it worth it?</p>
<p>You should research the schools you're interested in.</p>
<p>Some schools offer credit for both Calculus I and Calculus II for a certain score, usually a five, on the BC exam. (All schools that grant AP Calc credit should do this, in my opinion, as what separates BC from AB is Calculus II.)</p>
<p>Otherwise, a lower BC score often results in the same credit as a higher AB score. For example, at Georgia Tech, a 3 on BC is the same as a 4 on AB.</p>
<p>Even if the schools you're most interested in only grant Calculus I credit, I think you should still take BC because it is more challenging and more complete. It's good to learn about improper integrals, sequences, and series.</p>
<p>isn't it a bit late to be asking this question?</p>
<p>Like fabrizio said, Calc BC completes calculus more than Calc AB.</p>
<p>I'm in an AB class (self studying BC), and I can't stand the pace. It's wayy too slow, and we could have covered all from intro to Calc all the way to the BC topics at a reasonable pace. Unfortunetly, my school did not let me go into Calc BC because I was not on the honors track.</p>
<p>Calc AB is a joke.
Calc BC is a normal paced class.</p>
<p>There is a previous (long) thread on this topic from about six months ago with comments by one of the admissions officers that frequent this board. It discussed the potential benefits of taking that class versus the pitfalls of lowering one's GPA. Try to do a search for it. Good luck.</p>
<p>If you are taking 3 to 4 other AP courses in your senior year, the college admissions will not think you are a slacker just because you are taking AB instead of BC. If have a very hard time in this course, it may pull all of your grades down and if you do not get in college ED, then you will have made the wrong decision.</p>
<p>Yeah i'm still not sure. I've been in the honors track throughout high school. </p>
<p>-For my HS highest math goes HAlg2, Hprecalc, APstats (new this year, before they did calc first), then you can choose to either go to AB calc with the tier 2 honors kids, or go to BC calc w/ the handful of like 10 "gifted" honors kids. </p>
<p>-I'm torn between going to AB calc and being the best one in the class, and most likely getting an A or A+. Or going into BC calc and stay on the highest math track; I'm not sure about it with all the other APs I'm taking. </p>
<p>-I don't plan on pursuing any math field. I have problems when it comes to graphing for some reason. And i don't like the abstract concepts of calculus. I got a B- first semester pre-calc and probably an A- second semester. </p>
<p>Is it beneficial enough to take BC calc that i should overlook the fact that i might do better with AB calc?</p>
<p>Calculus BC is definitely beneficial. You don't even learn a lot of new maetrial, just like 3 or 4 MAJOR new things.</p>
<p>i have the same predicament, except i've already decided that i'm taking calc AB junior year and ap stats senior year... i'm going to have a total of about 10 ap classes anyways.</p>
<p>i highly doubt it will make or break you, but i wouldn't know. i'm gonna look for that other thread.</p>
<p>link it if you find it</p>
<p>bc = ab plus a handful of new concepts. basically, the entire first semester you can goof off if you're doing decently in ab.</p>
<p>"Otherwise, a lower BC score often results in the same credit as a higher AB score. For example, at Georgia Tech, a 3 on BC is the same as a 4 on AB."</p>
<p>In the same vein though you might want to find out what the curriculum is like at your school... For example Calc 1 at GT covers most of the material in Calc 1 + 2 at most other schools, and Calc 2 goes into Linear Algebra, and Calc 2 normally doesn't go that far.</p>