<p>My junior year course selection is coming up soon, and I need to decide on my plan for calculus. Right now I have a high A in Precalc Honors, so how much harder will the BC course (2 college semesters) be than AB and then C (both full year courses, worth 1 college semester each)? I will also be taking AP Physics B and APUSH Part II next year.</p>
<p>Another choice for me is to only take AP Calc AB, while self studying for the BC exam. How viable is this option?</p>
<p>Can’t you only take one calc exam a year anyways, making it a bit pointless to self study for BC while taking AB?</p>
<p>Hi! I’m currently a junior in AP Calculus BC (skipped AB) and also had A’s in Honors Precalculus last year. I have a very good BC teacher so I’ve been learning a lot, though the course is difficult; it really prepares you for college! My friends complain that the AB course is too slow, so I’d recommend going directly to BC. But your decision should be based on the quality of the class.
You can self-study for BC; it’s the same as the AB curriculum except with parametrics, polars, series/sequences, integration by partial fractions, integration by parts, and L’Hopital’s rule for limits… and these concepts aren’t very difficult(: Good luck~!</p>
<p>If you’re going to take AB while self-studying for BC, you might as well just go into the BC course because you CANNOT take both of those exams in one year. It’s a bit redundant to be in the lower math class while studying for the upper one. And they generally aren’t worth the same credit, BC is a two semester class, it generally gives you credit for Calc I and Calc II.</p>