Math to take after AP Calculus BC junior year

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I’ve finished AP Calculus BC this year with an A both semesters and surely a 5 on that exam judging how easy it was. This year everyone is signing up for AP Stats, but I wanted to continue down the pathway of Calculus to maintain those skills I’ve learned. I’ve heard the course to take after calculus BC is Multi variable Calculus so I wanted to know accredited programs that offer Multi-variable Calculus for free or at least very cheap. Any info on this topic would be helpful.

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It might be worth checking with the school to see if you can do Independent Study supervised by one of the math teachers. It depends on whether they have anyone qualified, I suppose. Our school has one teacher who supervises the Independent Study kids and I suppose grades them. (I don’t know any more as it’s friends of my kids who do these IS’s. My kids are on regular ending with BC calc senior year track.)

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You should take it at a local college if possible. Does your school have a dual-enrollment program?

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@halcyonheather I’m moving schools so I’m not sure if they will have that option. The schools I went to freshman and sophomore year did, but I don’t think the school I went to this had it as I never explicitly saw it anywhere. The reason I want to do it online is so that I don’t have to drive to the college and do it from home though I realize that if I needed help on any subject I would be done for

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Also would I get more college credit doing AP stats and getting a 5 on the exam or doing multivaraible calculus?

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Dual-enrollment programs are often statewide and not dependent on going to a particular high school, so it might be available even if it’s not advertised. You could ask your guidance counselor. (Even if dual enrollment isn’t possible, they might have other suggestions, especially if other juniors have completed AP Calculus BC in the past.)

If you have any particular colleges in mind right now, you can email the admissions offices and ask about credit. AP Statistics exam credit might not count toward a math major since it’s algebra-based and not calculus-based. As far as multivariable calculus, you’re unlikely to get college credit for an online class taken in high school, but your college might let you take an exam for credit or advanced placement.