<p>okay, so there's a reason i didn't post this in the AP test section, because after lurking for a while, i dont think that sub-forum wouldt really have been helpful as much as i thought it would be. in any case, sorry if this is in the wrong forum...</p>
<p>but anyway, this is a question to all those who could help me through the process of going into calc bc after algebra 2.</p>
<p>my school is very picky and very ferocious when it comes to AP math and AP science classes- meaning they concern themselves A LOT over who can go into ap chemistry and ap calc bc. a lot of my teachers like to scare students, as to only allow the 'real, heavily motivated, and those with extensive math/science mastery' in those classes. in addition, my school also has this flaw of not checking future course schedules of students, because they assume every student knows what they're in line for. meaning, they don't expect kids that don't belong in ap classes to sign up for them. well, i signed up for calc bc and my district doesn't know it (kekeke), but in reality, i think i can do it. i think i can pull it off (hopefully!)</p>
<p>the problem is, should i bother teaching myself calc ab? it might be a little late to ask, considering school is 2 weeks around the corner, but should i at least brush over some topics? or does calc bc do that on its own?</p>
<p>speaking of calc bc teaching you calc ab as well, i asked one student in my school that, but he said that the calc bc class in my school assumes whoever is in that class already knows the AB material (from those that took math honors 11), so the teacher doesn't bother teaching it. but this strikes me as odd because would the teacher really spend sept-may teaching only bc stuff? i wouldn't think so, considering the bc exam has a sub-score for AB...(the person i asked self-studied bc and didn't take the course. so go figure...?)</p>
<p>so, any advice?</p>
<p>thanks! ^^</p>
<p>(ughh...i pressed the enter button by accident so there's a minor typo in my thread title..kekeke sorry!)</p>
<p>If you can handle it, by all means...these threads are so contingent on the actual person and his/her/its situation that Idk why there's 40 of these daily.</p>
<p>(And your sn is pretty epic, I read it as one of those DBZ sounding chars, like..TENSHINAHAN or something, reminds of an Arabic temple or something...LOL )</p>
<p>yeah, i can consider myself a strong person in math. but i also think that because my school will have a problem with it (once they found out i snuck myself in, kekeke), i'll need to prove it to them that i prepared this summer for the course.</p>
<p>so maybe i will teach myself the stuff i need to know from precalc + some AB stuff. i have arco's book on calc ab/bc, so i'll look over that</p>
<p>((my name isn't from dbz or any other anime, it's the name of a korean music group, kekekeke ^^))</p>
<p>I'd be surprised if your school really doesn't teach the AB material within the BC course. That's pretty much the point of Calc BC - it teaches much more material [some of the same material though] in the same amount of time as AB.</p>
<p>At my school, we're not limited on how many APs we can take really, they just force you to kind of... take everything in a certain order and weird stuff like that. Here, all the honors kids mostly have to decide between 3 AP maths - Calc AB, BC, or Statistics. We never have anyone take both AB and BC because they overlap, so that wouldn't even make sense.</p>
<p>I didn't skip PreCalc, and honestly I didn't learn much in there. It basically rehashed Algebra II + trig identities/unit circle at the end. But that stuff isn't difficult to pick up, so I think you'll do fine.</p>
<p>At our school, trig is included in the precalc syllabus, so a background in precalc is extremely important. Algebra 2 also included some trig, but it wasn't nearly enough to ease the transition into calc.</p>
<p>keke, it's back to the recurring debate i've seen happen somewhat on these boards while lurking..........if precalc is important or not</p>
<p>but in any case, the arco book for calc ab/bc has a whole chapter on what you should know before studying calculus. the chapter is labeled "calculus pre-requisites" and it's basically ALL trig. most of it says to know your unit circle, and a lot of what is in it i've learned in algebra 2.</p>
<p>i guess it really does depend on motivation and effort, which i'm hoping to put lots and lots of in, considering i'm freaking out that about what my school might do once they found out what i did. and also that i need to prove to them that i knew what i was putting myself against by showing them i prepared for the class (i think i should do that anyway...) kekeke...<em>sigh</em> TT___TT</p>
<p>BUT THE QUESTION IS! should i bother self-studying some topics or not?</p>