<p>I'm a junior in HS and I'm in regular Calculus now. Most people after Calculus go into AP Calc. AB. AP Calc. AB is like regular Calc. I hear, but just at a fast pace. I asked my teacher if it is possible to go right to BC the next year and she said yes it is possible but I have to talk with the AP Calc. teacher about it. I have not asked the AP teacher yet as I'm still wondering if it is too much of a big jump. Opinions please.</p>
<p>You could probably pull it off, but you ought to go over what you would’ve learned in AB in the interim between the two courses. </p>
<p>You also ought to practice your Dragon Punches – I heard they’re useful for when the integrals get too messy to solve easily.</p>
<p>No. A big jump would be from Geometry to AP Calc BC.</p>
<p>Most people in other high schools go from precalculus to Calculus BC - a bigger jump, with no previous Calculus background.</p>
<p>It depends on what is covered in your Calc BC class. If you’re supposed to have taken Calc AB beforehand, your Calc BC class might only cover the later chapters. If you haven’t studied the earlier chapters, that would be bad for you unless you studied them over the summer or something.</p>
<p>bc is just way faster, so it’ll cover all of ab in less than half the year and then go on to calc II material. I don’t necessarily find the information difficult, it’s just that being a college level course, if you don’t understand it the first time you’re already playing catch-up.</p>
<p>It is definitely not a big jump. Many kids from Calc BC took Precalculus or Precalculus H at my school. A couple even took Algebra 2 H and went directly to BC and one went from regular Algebra 2 to Calc BC AP (and he has an A+!)</p>
<p>BC just covers more than AB. As long as you keep up homework and don’t fall behind and hopefully get a good teacher, you’ll be fine.</p>