<p>I'm a junior and my school offers AP courses but a lot of them are only available for 1 period and many others overlap each other. Basically for me Calculus BC and Orchestra overlap for 3rd period. If I take Calculus BC I would have to drop my orchestra level from the top to the bottom, move AP US History and also prevent myself from taking AP Physics C. If I don't take AP Calculus BC I'll just take AP Stats this year and Calculus BC next year. I'm pretty sure I won't forget the material as I finished with an 100 in AB and a 5 with little effort despite skipping precal through credit by exam. I would then also have to replace AP Physics C with AP Physics B (Want to take Physics C next year if this happens though) or AP Environmental. So, should I save AP Calculus BC for next year or take it this year. And if I do take AP Calculus BC this year, should I take AP environmental or Physics B.</p>
<p>I think that might be good or bad depending on how good of a student you are in Calc as the grade won’t be shown until you enter college if you wait on BC. So, if you do really well on BC, it will leave a good impression as it is a hard AP and will be part of the AP’s the colleges look at for scores.</p>
<p>So if I do take BC would it be better to take AP Physics B or AP Environmental Science</p>
<p>Okay, wait.
Half of BC is AB.
Why would you take a class and then retake half of the exact same class?
Seems redundant to me.</p>
<p>^Some schools do it differently. I believe they’ll teach Calc I material in the AB class and in the BC class, they’ll begin with a quick review of Calc I before diving into Calc II.</p>
<p>My school requires you take AB before BC. But would colleges view it as bad if you took a years break between AB and BC.</p>