<p>@billcsho I read the link to other schools’ accelerated math tracks. BC after PreCalc or trig seems to be pretty standard. </p>
<p>@yullari27 Yes, that is what I have been saying. Also, >45% students get 5 in AP Calc BC.</p>
<p>@billcsho I’ll definitely do my best. Is this a class I should try to self study some this summer before I take it, or are the concepts better first learned in a classroom setting? </p>
<p>@billcsho I really don’t appreciate you minimizing what I know. You are trying to belittle me solely because I came to this forum recently. Just because I joined CC recently doesn’t mean that I only started learning about college recently. I have other friends that I talk to and give advice to.</p>
<p>OP, all I am saying is that I don’t want to see you in a position where you end up doing too much a end up struggling. It could backfire and a college could see that you aren’t ready for advanced courses if you struggle. If I were you, I would take AB and Physics. The reason I would do that is because I wouldn’t want to have to struggle to understand two math intensive courses. AB will give you a strong foundation to understand physics and with your work ethic, you will succeed in both. </p>
<p>I am taking AB instead or BC next year because it will look bad if I take a course and severely struggle in it. I also am in a Advanced Precalculus course. However, even with a great work ethic, it’s not worth it to jump into a rigorous course unknowingly. OP, I (unlike billcsho) am not coming from a patronizing pretentious standpoint. My advice is coming from a student in your exact position.</p>
<p>Oh and where did you get that percentage? Less than 45 seems rather high. I’d figure it would be closer to under 15%. The college board curves exams to make sure large amounts of students don’t get 5s on the exams.</p>
<p>@KiaraInNYC Your question just show how ignorance you are. See for yourself:
<a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/STUDENT-SCORE-DISTRIBUTIONS-2013.pdf”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/2013/STUDENT-SCORE-DISTRIBUTIONS-2013.pdf</a></p>
<p>@KiaraInNYC The Physics C tests often have 35% or so make a 5, whereas it was about 4% for bio last year. I think it just depends on the course.
I appreciate the advice, but I’m going to go with BC. The teacher for BC is incredible, and I really don’t want to jump down a track. My precalculus class is trig integrated with half a semester of stat, so I’m used to fast paced curriculum… I’m also going to watch the getafive videos on AB calculus and use the notes on the Patrick website for calculus to get a basic understanding this summer. From other students moving from the class I’m in now to AB, I’ve heard that they breeze through it and regret not continuing in the track that were in. I don’t want to have that sort of regret… I’d rather push myself next year and keep up the rigor I strive for 
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<p>@billcsho, please don’t start the “ignorance” battle. She’s made good points, and I really appreciate the advice. However, if this thread will become a source of conflict, I’d rather end the discussion. Please don’t argue here… We can have different views without being personally offensive with one another. </p>
<p>@yullari27 I hope you the very best! I’m interested in how it works out for you Update me next year!</p>