<p>i'm going to be taking AP Calculus AB next year in school. i want to however take the Calc BC exam. is it possible to self-study BC material within a period of 4 months? (jan - apr)</p>
<p>Unlikely, unless you've already studied AB..</p>
<p>You basically have to move at a faster pace, to cover all the material in 5-6 months what your class will do in 8 months. Then, all that's left is some advanced topics including polar, vector and parametric differentiation and the series stuff.</p>
<p>Yes, it is possible to self study the material, but as Animus said you will have to move faster than the class. You could start now and go over limits and related topics, so that you could finish the curriculum in approximately December. In Stewart terms, that means about a chapter every 10 days, as there are 13 chapters to cover in that particular book. Most have around this number.</p>
<p>i took ab, self studied bc and got a 5. It can be done. I guess it depends when ur class finishes the material. I was able to study everything but series in about 1-2 weeks and a little extra time was need for series. so 4 months should be plenty</p>
<p>My BC Calc class gave us almost a quarter of review time before the exam, so if your AB class does the same than it should be not that difficult.</p>
<p>What about if I took the AB test this past year (5) and I plan to self study BC this coming year?</p>
<p>That is far more than enough time. Heck, you could probably do all the Multivariable chapters and the C chapters (in my book, chapters 8-17) in that kind of time.</p>
<p>I agree with kman. If you start now, you can finish self studying BC in probably December (at a reasonable pace). You can finish up multivariable too, if you work hard. Partial derivatives and vector products (Part 1 of multivariable) is not hard to learn; triple and double integrals and the theorems for line integrals are a bit harder, but managable.</p>
<p>Uhh. I studied Calc BC for 2 weeks before the AP exam and I got a 5... (I was enrolled in the AB class).</p>
<p>I don't get why people think you have to finish AB to do BC -- they're not sequential, but simultaneous, i.e. the AB topics usually have additional BC topics, so you can be doing BC stuff in addition to AB ones as you go along.</p>
<p>just go for it.
i had the same situation as u do.
i self-studied the extra chp in Calc BC within a month.
good luck!</p>
<p>When do you start getting to BC topics in the Stewart book? Is there a list of BC topics somewhere?</p>
<p>I have 5th edition Stewart book, and it starts from chapter 7 and ends at chapter 11</p>
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<p>Here's the topic outline for BC from the College Board website -- additional BC topics are marked:</p>