<p>I just finished my junior year in high school. During my sophomore year, I took AP Calc AB and scored a 4 on the test. This year, I took AP Calc BC and scored a 3 with an AB subscore of a 4. I was disappointed as 3 is not a good score and I had scored better on practice tests. The class grades were 100% tests and all of our tests were essentially half of an AP exam. The teacher scaled the grades so that 5=A, 4=B, 3=C, etc. I had a solid B the whole semester and almost recieved an A in the class. I had thought that I would be able to get a 4 and therefore enrolled in a Calculus III class at my local university for fall of my senior year. I think that since I only recieved a 3 (which most schools do not accept credit for) I should take Calculus II next fall instead of Calc III. Will a college look down on me for taking essentially the same course twice? The university will let me enroll in the Calc III class as long as I've scored a 3 or above on the BC exam. I'm not sure that a 3 is good enough for me, though. I'm not sure how I'll fare in the Calc III class. If I take Calc II at my local univeristy I will probably get an A, maybe a B and will be able to transfer that credit. I want to make sure I have a firm grip in calculus because I want to go into engineering.
By the way, my school's schedule is set up so that AP classes are offered spring semester. So, I did AP Calc AB in one semester, and then Calc BC in one semester (in different years.)</p>
<p>anyone have any advice???</p>
<p>Does your local university have a placement exam for calculus? Perhaps you just had a bad day the day of the AP Calc test and your placement test score may be a better indicator of what class to take.</p>
<p>If not, I'd say stick with Calc II for now. In all likelihood, a college-level class will be very different from an AP class. It couldnt hurt to get a better grasp on all of the material (especially if you're looking into engineering).</p>
<p>I've signed up for the Calc II. Thanks!</p>
<p>If you want to get away from a strict calc class, you could try to take a calc-based statistics class.</p>