<p>take the B. Dropping to reg classes because you have a B is never a good idea. If you were struggling, then that’s a different story. But since you can manage a B, I would stay in Honors. I dropped outta the honors Lit after 9th, (two 78s, ouch!). As you can see, not my forte. But I’m an excellent math student (taking AP Calc and AP Stat nxt yr), and colleges will see that.</p>
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<p>Pardon my ignorance. I come from an area where BC isn’t even offered in high school. I knew that many upperclassmen took BC, but I’ve never heard of 9th/10th graders taking Calc BC (!). Even though it happens, I doubt anyone would say that such a route is the norm, even among math-minded students.</p>
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<p>I know multiple kids like that, lol…and two who took Calc BC in eighth grade.</p>
<p>@ OP: Honestly, I think you should stay in honors. I think colleges prefer to see you challenge yourself in an honors class. If you drop to a regular class, I feel that will reflect worse on you than if you’d just stuck out honors. Besides, if you are literally making an A in every other class, it shouldn’t hurt you too much. Just try to make a GPA of at least 3.9 UW by the time you finish high school.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, I would also suggest working as hard as possible for an A or at the very least, a B+. It IS possible to succeed in math, even if it isn’t your strength. I should know. 
Just try to ask as many questions as you can and to TALK TO YOUR TEACHER if you don’t understand something, especially if it’s one of the more basic concepts that you’ll be using through the year.</p>
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<p>I heard this one in graduate school. The book for graduate level real analysis insisted there was no need to have taken undergraduate real analysis, his book started from scratch. Yeah right. His book covered the whole year of undergraduate real analysis in the first chapter.</p>
<p>What’s the rush? What are you trying to prove?</p>
<p>The whole AP Calc AB/BC system is somewhat complicated. Some schools just offer BC and integrate the AB material. Others like to split it up over two years. At my school, AB is a prereq for BC and extensive self-study is necessary if you wish to enter directly into BC. At others, it is perfectly normal to take BC straight after precalc.</p>
<p>We had one freshman in Calc Bc and one in Calc AB last year.</p>
<p>Many schools that teach Calc BC teach AB with it.
It just depends on the teacher and the school. Usually if you have a great teacher he/she can do AB and BC in one year, not trying to “rush” things</p>
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In some schools you do. Unfortunately this is the case for my school.
At my school, it’s more like an exception to skip to BC. I am the only one this year to do so, and only the 2nd in the history of my school. The teacher, for some odd reason, dislikes people skipping from PreCalc to Calc BC.</p>
<p>We have an 8th grader in our AP Calc BC class. beat that! it’s hella crazy, she was also in my honors precal class last year :O</p>
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<p>No one cares.</p>
<p>Will you all just stop yourselves and look at the original question that I asked</p>
<p>Get an A in honors.</p>
<p>^ Agreed. ;)</p>
<p>I shall put forth a most valiant effort!</p>
<p>Make yourself like math.</p>
<p>^^ I like that :)</p>
<p>According to the Dartmouth admissions people, they’d rather see a B in an honors class than an A in a regular.</p>
<p>but a C in honors can be worse than a b in regular, so don’t get in over your head</p>
<p>It seems like getting an A in regular is easier than getting a B in honors, so by getting the B you’d be challenging yourself, and that’s what colleges like to see. Besides, unless you’re trying for valedictorian, if you get straight A’s, one or two B’s won’t hurt you. Plus, it’s still the beginning of the semester, so you can try your hardest to bring it up. BUT NO MATTER WHAT, DO NOT LET YOURSELF GET A C.</p>
<p>To summarize: </p>
<p>A in reg. < B in Honors.</p>
<p>C in Honors < B in reg.</p>
<p>You guys act as if C’s are failing…lol. Calm down.</p>