Which AP Calculus is better?

<p>I liked Euler’s Method and Partial Fractions a lot, simply because they were easy. I think they should be AB topics. :D</p>

<p>@byubound</p>

<p>Hope you review Power Series when you take Differential Equation at college. My friend took the class at the community college and he was quite annoyed by the more tedious work due to it. :)</p>

<p>Yeah see, everyone hates polars. I am in Multivariable right now and my teacher tells us we are going to do double integrals with polars soon…</p>

<p>Yeah, **** my life…</p>

<p>I actually resented the 2010 BC exam because it had too much AB topics for me. It had like one question on arc length and by parts. A few series question (I got owned on them…).</p>

<p>I think what makes those series question tough is recognizing which test you should use.</p>

<p>I like those power series about interval of convergence. But i hate it the one on m/c…</p>

<p>I wish they had put it on the FRQ.</p>

<p>Everything else was like AB topics</p>

<p>After the ap test, our bc teacher decided to “enlighten” our minds by going into a bit of multi variable (partial/directional derivative, lagrange multipliers, double integrals). And this alone convinced me that taking bc was not a mistake.</p>

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<p>I know what you mean, going straight into multivariable right after BC is awesome. ppl in my class right now are like, *** is arclength and differentials.</p>

<p>Lol, some of them haven’t even seen Polars before and it helped me on cylinderical and spherical coordinates.</p>

<p>@jerry445 </p>

<p>I’m actually not planning on going into more Calculus, as interesting as I find some of it. I only need Calculus I for my major, and a 4 on AB will exempt me from it. That is why I’m really hoping I pass the AB exam with at least a 4 this year. :)</p>

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You answer a question, then ask the exact same question again. Not very intuitive…?

How can you take BC in one semester? The first half of BC is all of AB, the second half of BC is new/different material.

And how did you conclude this; exactly what audience are you associating this assumption with?</p>

<p>I thought polar was rather easy, but I hate series sooo much</p>

<p>So do most colleges exempt you from taking Calculus if you scored a 5 on the AP exam?</p>

<p>^Yes, most colleges give credit for Calculus with a 5 on BC. In the case of BYU, credit is given for Calculus I for a 4 or 5 on AB or BC, and credit is given for Calculus I and Calculus II for a 5 on BC.</p>

<p>I also thought polar was pretty easy, but series were difficult for me. I actually had trouble with implicit differentiation at first, but after awhile I found it to be one of the easiest topics. Too bad it wasn’t on the exam this year :(</p>

<p>^You took the BC class, right? How come you didn’t take the BC test? Or did you?</p>

<p>^BC class, AB exam. It is kind of a long story, but it was the best choice given the circumstances.</p>

<p>Why not BC exam and just opt to receive credit for semester 1 only? Wouldn’t that be the best choice, given its options.</p>

<p>My situation was pretty unique though, so it was actually better for me to take AB. I would explain, but I don’t really see a need to unless you guys would be interested in my ranting. :)</p>

<p>So BC covers Calculus I and II?</p>

<p>My understanding is that there are colleges out there that will allow you to receive credits for Calc I and II with a score of 5 on the BC exam.</p>

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Essentially correct, that is the goal of the BC course syllabus.</p>

<p>Ok thanks everyone!</p>