Precalc to Calc BC

<p>is the jump from precalculus to ap calculus bc too big or do you think it's doable?</p>

<p>It's doable. Many people do it.</p>

<p>guess teachers just love to tell you that you can't do it then, at least at my school...</p>

<p>I did it. Then again, I got a B in both precalc (got like a 92.3 and a 92.4 and an A is a 92.5) and in BC Calc (much lower B, around 85-86, and an 84.5 is a B).</p>

<p>it shouldn't be too hard if you're good at math.</p>

<p>I self studied BC after precalc. Pretty simple. i think precalc was harder.</p>

<p>Almost everyone (on an Honors track) does it at my school =)</p>

<p>I would recommend it. It's better than doing what I did, which was precalc to AB calc (easy A and 5) to BC calc for a full year, which was AP Sleep until the last two weeks where I did review books. Now I feel like I've stifled my mathematics growth.</p>

<p>I think it depends on the school. Many, many people at my school go from precalculus to AP Calc BC...it's a normal thing to do. Some people go to Calc AB. I went from precalc to AP Calc BC and did better in Calc BC, actually.</p>

<p>My school doesn't offer BC, but for how long I"ve been on this site, I can tell you it's a normal thing to go from precalc to BC. The 1st semester is Calc AB if I'm not mistaken.</p>

<p>thats what you are suppose to do at my school
but my school precalc class have intro to limits derivatives and all the fun coordinates</p>

<p>me and a couple of my friends skipped precalc completely and still got A+ in calc bc and 5 on AP test.. but then we are math nerds</p>

<p>most people in my school do well though</p>

<p>Well our school divides Pre-Calc into IB Pre-Calc (more Units) and IB Math Studies (less Units...duh). People's grades in IB AAF (Similar to Algebra 2, except more indepth) decide their tracks (anyone with over a 85% can take IB Pre-Calc). Pre-Calc kids choose BC Calc (or AB Calc) and Math Studies kids choose AB Calc (I think that's their only option).</p>

<p>So...doable.</p>