<p>I would recommend taking Calculus II after AB.</p>
<p>BC is also required for us to go into Linear Algebra.</p>
<p>I’d do BC.</p>
<p>Alright, I’ll hold Linear Algebra for after high school, then :)… My high school (but of course that neighboring one, arrrgh) doesn’t even offer linear algebra in its curriculum, so meh :P. Thanks for the feedback, guys!</p>
<p>You’ll do just fine. Good luck!</p>
<p>I’ve always been surprised by high schools that offer linear algebra. My school is finally getting Calculus AB next year. 
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<p>I wouldn’t take both AB and BC unless your school requires it, because BC includes AB material (Calculus I) as well as Calculus II. It would be less repetitive either to take BC directly after pre-calculus, or to take AB and then take Calculus II at a local college (unless this would be expensive). </p>
<p>You could learn linear algebra after just AB (or without any calculus at all), but generally colleges have Calculus II as a prerequisite for it. I took linear algebra and differential equations before multivariable calculus and it wasn’t an issue, but many people take that right after Calculus II. </p>
<p>So is Calc I the same thing as AB and Calc II like just C?</p>
<p>Calc I is AB and Calc II is BC from what I’ve heard and seen.</p>
<p>But by @halcyonheather 's post, it seems as if they are two separate things.</p>
<p>AB and BC are just names. In theory, Calculus AB doesn’t include anything that BC doesn’t.</p>
<p>Calculus AB exam = Calculus I
Calculus BC exam = Calculus I and Calculus II</p>
<p>That doesn’t make sense. Would you clarify?</p>
<p>Different schools teach the classes differently. My school has options for AB and BC. Our BC class teaches in one year all the material for the College Board BC syllabus (60% is overlap from AB).</p>
<p>Other schools teach AB one year or semester, and then teach only the unique BC concepts (with a rapid review of AB the first few weeks) in the second year or semester. Since we don’t know how the OP’s curriculum is set up, we can’t really advise.</p>
<p>That said, my school does require BC before Linear Algebra.</p>
<p>AB counts as a semester college credit, while BC gets a year of credit.</p>
<p>Calculus AB covers Calculus I.
Calculus BC covers Calculus I and then Calculus II. On the Calculus BC exam, you get an overall test score as well as an AB subscore, which refers to how well you did on the Calculus I questions. </p>
<p>Ah, I see. Thanks.</p>
<p>Although calculus can be entirely skipped, sometimes the linear algebra class can have the students use calculus. An example would be defining the inner product as an integral.</p>
<p>My school’s highest level math curriculum is as follows:</p>
<p>Squeeze (two year commitment in geometry, algebra 2, trigonometry, precalculus, etc.)
Calculus I (one year) --> at the end of the year, we should be prepared to take the Calculus AB exam
Calculus II (one year) --> at the end of the year, we should be prepared to take the Calculus BC exam</p>