<p>the title says it all--
do you think it is doable? my school only offers an AB class and I was thinking
about not taking that class at all (gives me free space in schedule, the teacher sucks anyway, and i think if i study hard before may, I might be ready). What do you guys think and what kinds of books should I use? (Please remember that I will not even have AB material in my head so I am gonna have a lot to study, not just "cram the bc material after learning AB" thing!</p>
<p>BC is the last three-four chapters from a calculus textbook after studying the AB material. I use Calculus by Larson 8/e and BC is the first 10 chapters. Princeton Review is a recommended study guide.</p>
<p>Get a good textbook, treat it like a real class (aka, do problems after each section and go through sections individually), take all of the available FRQ’s on collegeboard (do these while learning, you know, if there’s one about volume using washers then do this FRQ after you learn volume using washers), try to find MC online, get a review book to brush up (PR is a good one), take the AP test.</p>
<p>Also, word of advice not for the test, but for college: read the calculus book without looking at what you NEED to know for the AP test. You will find it will go more into depth then what you will need to do well on the AP, but this information will be good for when you go to college so you are not behind because you studied specifically to the AP.</p>
<p>thanks to both of you-- i appreciate that you guys did not try to discourage me, thanks again! great advices =]</p>
<p>If you have an aptitude for math, I don’t see why you couldn’t. I agree with Salve, if you are planning on skipping freshman calculus in college, don’t stick too closely to the AP curriculum because you might have some holes. Maybe this was just me, but when I tried to self-study AP environmental, since I obviously wasn’t being graded on an A, B, C…exd. basis, I often neglected studying it throughout the year so I ended up getting a 3. Hopefully you will have better time management skills than I did.</p>
<p>I did the same, Daiviko :(</p>
<p>I wanna self study Calc BC too, and I haven’t done any AB. I plan on studying from only online stuff. Does anyone know if going through the whole MIT OCW Single variable calculus course is sufficient? I also found this site: [Pauls</a> Online Notes : Calculus I](<a href=“http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/classes/calcI/CalcI.aspx]Pauls”>http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/classes/calcI/CalcI.aspx) and MIT OCW “Highlights for High School” —> AP Calculus. Does anyone know a good online AP Calc BC website that’ll get me a 5?</p>
<p>My son is homeschooled and taking AP Calc BC online through PA Homeschoolers. You don’t have to live in PA, and the teacher posts the assignments in the morning and you do them anytime that day. I think you can audit it, too, but I’m not sure.</p>
<p>[AP</a> Calculus BC](<a href=“http://www.csd509j.net/cvhs/buchanp/Classes/APCalcBC.htm]AP”>http://www.csd509j.net/cvhs/buchanp/Classes/APCalcBC.htm)</p>
<p>This is my math teacher’s website. It has lists of assignments, and it has a list of concepts that are essential to know for BC. If you buy the textbook he uses, then this should be an invaluable resource. Also, I really do recommend just kind of exploring the list of things you should know. The average grade on the AP exam is a 5, so he does know what he’s doing. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Yeah, I think it’s possible.</p>
<p>wow thanks so much guys</p>
<p>and that is a great website, thanks wannabyalie! =] u r always so helpful</p>
<p>i hope your teacher’s website doesn’t ever go away!</p>
<p>Haha, thanks almafuerte 
And no, his website will remain forever!! Mwahaha! (well, at least until he’s done teaching, like in 30 years 
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<p>That’s kind of unfortunate for me though… I hate math :)</p>
<p>Oh, thanks for the website! </p>
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<p>O: I love math, most of the time anyway.</p>
<p>I guess my contempt comes from not being very good at math. I find the logical process nice, but math is too boring for me (not saying it’s boring, just to me).</p>
<p>It’s definitely doable. I’d say the studying the AB part would be harder… once you have the basics down it’s much easier to apply it for the BC topics.</p>