Is it too late for me to Take Calculus BC?

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<p>Hi, I'm a sophmore and I'm currently taking Pre-Calculus. However, I've been studying Calculus AB and BC throughout the summer. During the year however, I slacked off until a few weeks ago when I had to review up all of Calculus AB + BC. I have a sort of superficial knowledge of the subject, and I'm not sure if I'm ready to take the BC test. I have ~70% of the formulas memorized, and I can answer </p>

<p>I studied somewhat for the SAT in freshman year and got a 2200, but I have no experience with AP's. I'm currently taking AP Chemistry, AP Human Geography, and AP Literature, all of which I am not completely done studying for. (Currently have a ~2-3 in Chemistry, ~3-4 in Human Geography, 3-5 in AP Literature. Is it too late for me to try and give AP Calculus BC a try? Should I just settle for AB? </p>

<p>Note: If I get a 5 on AP Calculus AB, I'm allowed to take the BC class next year. If I get a 5 on the AP Calculus BC test, I'm allowed to take Multivariable Calculus next year. If I get a 4 on either, I'm going to Ap Calculus AB next year.</p>

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<p>The BC has an AB subscore. + has spring break happened yet? <a href=“http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/pdf/Calculus_Cheat_Sheet_All.pdf”>http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/pdf/Calculus_Cheat_Sheet_All.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>No, it hasn’t happened yet. I just took the AP Calculus AB test released by collegeboard in 2008. The link is here:
<a href=“http://lambertson.nhs.mdso.eportalnow.net/uploads/2/1/0/9/21094080/apcalculusabtest.pdf”>http://lambertson.nhs.mdso.eportalnow.net/uploads/2/1/0/9/21094080/apcalculusabtest.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I got a 5 overall, which I found puzzling since I’ve studied AP Calculus for ~40 days total. Do you know if this is a good measurement of the difficulty of the real exam? I can’t imagine it being this easy. I know it’s not a full one though.</p>

<p>Wow. Thanks for that PDF, it looks really useful. I’ll definitely look into using it. </p>

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<p>Click the helpful tag if you find it helpful. Anyway you need a 70/108 to get a 5.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.elainetron.com/apcalc/apcalc.pdf”>http://www.elainetron.com/apcalc/apcalc.pdf&lt;/a&gt; another link.</p>

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<p>Hm. I guess I’ll be a high roller then. Thanks. I hope I don’t regret it. </p>

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<p>To be honest with you, if you take the AB or BC exam, nothing bad will happen :slight_smile: Remember that by taking the AP exam you’re just doing extra math. If you don’t do well on the exam, then you’ll move on like you would’ve if you had never taken the exam at all. But considering how you can already get a 5 on an old exam, I’m pretty sure you can get at a 5 on the AB exam. Since you’ve only been working on calculus for 40 days and there’s about a month and a half until the exam, you have plenty of time to learn the BC stuff. Just get a review book or something and try doing the practice exams in it. Try Barron’s, because the practice exams in Barron’s are usually way harder than the real thing. If you feel that you aren’t prepared for BC by then, just take the AB exam so you don’t have to learn everything again for AB next year. Good luck! :D</p>

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<p>@wcao9311‌ @LosingCrayon‌ thanks guys! I did end up getting the 5, it was a lot easier than I expected. Really didn’t think I could get a 5 on BC in so few months, thanks a lot!</p>

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<p>Congrats!!! :D</p>