<p>Didn't see one already, so I decided to create one. </p>
<p>Anyone have advice on study tips or anything? My school started on Monday, and all we've done this week is review limits by doing practice problems. Also, I've heard mixed reviews about the teacher, so outside help may be needed.</p>
<p>I took Calc AB, last year, so I essentially get 3 months of review at the beginning of the year.
Unfortunately, there’s going to be 42 kids in my class. >_></p>
<p>I’m taking AP calc BC and AB this year (senior). I take the BC exam but AB is a prerequisite and BC is everyother day.</p>
<p>^^Unfortunately?? It’s 42 people! Read more Douglas Adams. jk, jk. I probably wouldn’t want to be in a class that big in HS.
I’ve got it, it’s the hardest I’ve ever had to work to get into a class.</p>
<p>Haha, getting into Calc BC was a complete joke for me. You need a 95+ in Precalculus to be considered, but Precalculus was one of the easiest classes I’ve taken because much of it is just review of what we learned in previous years. It’s going to be a fun class with about 15 people.</p>
<p>I’m scared of this class</p>
<p>If I learned anything from Calc BC last year it was this: </p>
<p>If you can’t solve something, slave away at all the similar problems you can find until you get it!! </p>
<p>IT ALWAYS WORKS. </p>
<p>Only applicable if you have a very demanding teacher, though.</p>
<p>If there’s one thing I learned from the Calculus BC exam, it’s to always go over everything you don’t understand. Don’t leave any questions hanging before a test, and definitely not before the exam. I know this seems obvious, but most of the failures in my class weren’t dumb. The concepts just totally flew over their heads. Studying the night before was not fun at all for me, but at least I came into the AP exam knowing what I had to do, and lo and behold, what I just studied was on there.</p>
<p>Also, Lagrange error-bounds are a pain, because the formula’s so hard to memorize. Same with the derivative of a polar.</p>
<p>Nah, Lagrange error bounds is not hard at all, because once you memorize and know how to use it, it is very straightforward on the test. The “outside the box” Taylor series questions, on the other hand…</p>
<p>I’m taking Calc BC this year. At my school, which is small to begin with (about 75-80 kids per grade in high school) we have about 10 kids in the class. It’s pretty much assumed that if you’re in the highest math track you’ll take it. About 3 people opted out of BC and took AB instead. So far it’s really really easy, but I’m only two weeks in.</p>
<p>“So far it’s really really easy, but I’m only two weeks in.”</p>
<p>Pay close attention to the second clause of your sentence! 
Good luck.</p>
<p>^Haha. We just did derivatives of logs and we’re starting implicit differentiation tomorrow. </p>
<p>This class is killing me. Mainly because I don’t have time to practice because I have AP physics…</p>
<p>I like calculus. My class has a total of 16 people in it, and the teacher is okay. I do like that we solve problems that we weren’t able to before. :D</p>
<p>Am I the only one who finds implicit differentiation really fun?</p>
<p>I’m still loving the class. Most of the people got B’s on our first test, but I got a 108%… I think I’ll be happy this year. I just love how calculus makes everything we’ve learned make so much sense. My whole class remarks all of the time “Why didn’t they tell us that when we learned it the first time?!” It’s great.</p>
<p>I’m self-studying, started exactly a month ago and am about half way through the material, finishing up definite integrals today. I hope to be done learning the concepts withing the next two weeks, and then I’ll begin doing practice and old exams. Hopefully I’ll be done by Thanksgiving, so I can start physics. It’s pretty interesting so far, moreso than I expected. Once I learned what some of the notation meant (such as dy/dx and the definite integral sign), calc isn’t nearly as intimidating.</p>
<p>Anyone else self-studying BC?</p>
<p>I got a 3 on the AB exam but I’m shooting for a 5 on BC- really want to skip Calc 1 at the very least in college. How possible is this? I’m still struggling in Calc. Tips are welcome!!</p>
<p>what are the new concepts in BC that are not covered in AB? I got a 5 on AB last year, but we are reviewing AB for the first half of the year, so I’m worried we won’t get to the new BC stuff.</p>
<p>the new bc stuff is only the series, integration by parts, shell method for volume, and one other thing i cant remember…its really not that much more im doing independent study and got a 5 on AB last year and ddnt put much effort so ill think ill manage</p>
<p>Lol, this class is so easy so far. I can definitely see myself taking this course in 10th or 11th grade. It’s too bad that even our school’s most accelerated track is unbelievably slow and easy.</p>
<p>I’m taking BC this year as a sophomore; I’m super scared for the AP Exam D: The material isn’t too hard yet but I hate related rates. Are there a lot of those on the AP exam?</p>