I’m currently a soph in pre-calc H. I’ve done pretty well, with As both semesters so far. However, the BC teacher at our school is ridiculously hard, to the point where only 20 people (who all got As) sign up for the class and 2-5 get As. I think I could get an A for at least one semester, but coupled with the fact that I’ll be taking 3 other APs and English isn’t my best subject, I’m scared it could lead to me getting 3-4 Bs. AB will be an easy A.
So I guess my question is what looks worse to a school like UC Berkeley: taking AB instead of BC or getting 2-3 Bs junior year?
Odd… if you are two grades ahead in math (presumably one of the top math students), why would BC be difficult for you?
You can try these placement tests to see if you know all of the precalculus stuff needed for calculus:
http://www.math.buffalo.edu/rur/rurci3.cgi
https://math.berkeley.edu/courses/choosing/placement-exam
http://math.tntech.edu/e-math/placement/
Don’t you take AB and then BC? My son’s school has A, B, C, and Multi-variable as the sequence.
Can you take BC as a senior?
Depends upon how the school structures the curriculum; there is no standard.
That would be my suggestion as well **if/b you really think that would get 3-4 B’s and aren’t just being overly melodramatic. Taking BC and getting 1 B (even if it’s in BC) would be OK, IMO, but getting 3-4 B’s would not.
I see many students here on CC that are taking a second semester college course as a sophomore or junior and do’n’t do well…Don’t be in a hurry and overwhelm yourself…Take AB this time and BC senior year and you will still be way ahead.