<p>I am currently taking a precalculus class that will finish in december, is it possible for me to self study between that time and the time of the ap calc AB exam and get a 5 on it.</p>
<p>I basically self-studied calc AB last year. I was enrolled in a class, but I didn't go for the most part. Anyway, I got a 5 on both parts of the BC exam. Calculus AB is extremely easy, and if you're motivated enough to be asking this question, I think you'll have no problem self-studying.</p>
<p>Also, just so you know, Calculus has barely anything to do with precalculus, so you could start studying now if you wanted.</p>
<p>Is it possible? Yes.</p>
<p>However, I'd say that most people probably couldn't.</p>
<p>I only have two point five years of college preparatory math, but it looks like I'm gonna be gettin an A in Precalculus, will my lack of math impede me in my pursuits?</p>
<p>It really depends on what kind of person you are. Are you better at learning from a book or from a person? Do you need people to explain things to you, or are you very independent? Can you glean enough information from a math text to understand the concepts necessary to do well? Calc AB has a lot of new concepts -- once you get past precalc, you move into what my math teacher calls "real math"; as he put it, all the math leading up to it is simply giving you the skills, whereas calculus is actually about concepts and using those skills. So, such a drastic change can be difficult. I'd recommend trying out the first three chapters of a calc book and seeing how difficult it is for you.</p>
<p>what's college preparatory math?</p>
<p>Well I sorta kinda taught myself the algebra 2 and trigonometry concepts, so maybe I could be a good self-learner of calculus.</p>
<p>What a meant by college preparatory math was real math (algebra, trigonometry) instead of some crap my school calls math (accounting, MST (which is crap at my school)).</p>
<p>By the way, the classes I will of ended up taking are Algebra and Geometry (at my school) which, if you are in NYS, are pretty much Math A and Math A/B and a semester of Precalculus at the community college (because my school is crap and somehow can't manage to fit any math in my schedule at all.)</p>
<p>I took 3 years of college-prep math and self-studied calc... if you did well in all your math classes, you should be able to do well at calculus, even if you self-study.</p>
<p>Precalculus at a community college sounds terrible. The typical American high school precalculus class is already pretty bad seeing as how its primary function is to piece together concepts that should have been covered in algebra I and II. </p>
<p>Unless your precalc class hammers you with a good review of algebra concepts or introduces you to limits and basic differentiation, it's probably not going to help you. For instance, conics and trig identities only serve to make you a better problem solver, and doesn't do too great of a job at that too...</p>
<p>Actually when I was in high school, my pre-calc class hit on limits, derivatives (all the rules, basic definition, max/mins/concavity), and integrals (u-substitution, some trig).</p>
<p>My precalculus class doesn't even touch upon calculus concepts, if any of you are familiar with larson and hostetlers precalculus book, it covers the first six chapters of that, pretty much polynomials, transendental functions, trig functions and some other random crap.</p>
<p>lol. We covered some calculus topics in precalc e.g difference quotient. Calculus is a very easy class. I love it and when you get to stuff like related rates you'll see its actually quite useful.</p>
<p>If you're really good at math, it shouldnt be a problem. The topics are pretty straight forward. I would , however, recommend having a teacher help you from time to time. Maybe the calc teacher at your school?</p>