<p>my school only offers AP Calculus AB and AP Physics C: Mechanics, so therefore I can only take those classes?</p>
<p>Study the rest of BC by yourself.</p>
<p>Your school sucks</p>
<p>Is BC self-study relatively “easy”? So… just get a AP prep book?</p>
<p>And, Vigore, I am aware of that.</p>
<p>You don’t have to. Considering your school only offers those two, colleges will realize that you, assuming that you are taking both, have taken the most rigorous schedule at your school.</p>
<p>That or check about a few online classes.</p>
<p>^School is a beyotch about outside classes. No online courses, period.</p>
<p>I would self study BC calc…my school only offers AB, but it’s really not a whole lot more and its very doable. </p>
<p>My school only offers AP Physics B :p…I would take Mechanics and then maybe look at online classes or community college classes, or even self-study E&M. </p>
<p>I hope this helps :]</p>
<p>Ok, so I guess I’ll be self-studying/getting tutored by my dad for BC. What about Physics C: E&M? Should I get tutored by my dad/study for that since it is my dad’s “specialty”?</p>
<p>Tsubomi, I keep thinking that you’re a boy. XD
Thanks, good advice 
I think I’ll definitely be self-studying BC and will try to self-study E&M…</p>
<p>For Physics C: E&M, if you can be tutored by your dad, that could be really helpful. I know some people have trouble being tutored by their parents, but if you can, he could be a great resource. I would still invest in a textbook though, and probably PR/Barron’s, and be prepared to do a lot of self-learning :]</p>
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<p>That they know of. If you’re just doing it to learn/take ap, then why does your school have to know? Just find one that you don’t have to go through your school.</p>
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<p>It isn’t that difficult. I used PR, and there are videos available online (hippocampus.org is one possible site). One thing that is absolutely necessary is printing out a copy of the syllabus from the college board and keeping track of what you have and haven’t learned. Don’t just trust the review book on this.</p>
<p>musicallylatin: Good point!! I will look into that…
ThisCouldBeHeavn: Thanks for sharing your experience and advice; I’ll be checking hippocampus.org out…</p>
<p>A lot of BC stuff I think is probably learnable through a prep book, such as arc length (I used Barron’s this year and I think it helped). For polar functions/sequences and series, I used a textbook (Anton, Bivens, Davis), which actually made it easier in the end because it clarified a lot. Make sure you do a lot of practice tests :]</p>
<p>I also used: [Pauls</a> Online Notes : Calculus II](<a href=“Error - Page Missing”>Calculus II)</p>
<p>If it makes you feel better, I know someone that graduated a couple years ago that learned the BC stuff 2 days before the test skimming through Barrons and pulled off a 5…I would definitely NOT recommend that though. A solid AB foundation will definitely help you out on the majority of multiple choice and a lot of the frqs. </p>
<p>The BC exam has an AB subscore, which colleges will take note of, especially since your school only offers AB. :]</p>
<p>Yeah, a textbook is good. Stewart costs like 1 cent plus shipping on Amazon.</p>
<p>I also took the “cram all of BC into the week before the test” route. It requires very good knowledge of the AB material.</p>
<p>^me too ThisCouldBeHeavn…I stayed home the day before to learn Lagrange error bound :]</p>
<p>well thats what you get for going to rchs :P</p>