What's the difference between Calc AB and BC?

Test Preparation
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<p>Planning to take AP test in one of them, not sure which I'm prepared for.</p>

<p>I know derivatives, antiderivatives, differentials, stuff like that.</p>

2

<p>Calc AB is equivalent to Calc I in college.</p>

<p>Calc BC is equivalent to Calc I and II in college.</p>

<p>Too many topics to simply list them all.</p>

3

<p>simpler to check course descriptions and goals at College Board:</p>

<p>AP:</a> Calculus BC</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

4

<p>if you know your AB stuff VERY well, then you could actually take the BC test and get a good grade on it!</p>

<p>i remember when i was taking the BC test, i had no idea how to do all the C material (including 1 or 2 FR questions that i just completely bsed :(), but my strong AB knowledge helped me get a 5 (and naturally, a 5 on the AB subscore)</p>

<p>if you are learning AB in school, and have a few spare mins a day to self-study C stuff, its a good option to take</p>

5

<p>BC goes through AB's whole year of material in half a semester. The second semester of BC is the rest of the BC material that isn't in AB. So basically, BC is double the pace of AB. 2 semesters of calculus in college for bc as opposed to 1 semester for ab. taking calc ab before calc bc is not required, but make sure you're at least decent at math (:</p>

6

<p>About 40% of kids get a 5 on the Calc BC exam. So if you feel like even if you know some of the stuff...you might as well take the BC exam.</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks for the help guys!</p>