<p>Hi I am a junior and am currently taking ab calc, but next year i wanted to take bc calc as well as multivariable calc. Would this be a bad idea? MVC is the hardest math at our school and technically you can take it with just ab calc, i would be willing to self study bc over the summer if i had to.</p>
<p>I say go for it, If you believe you can do it.</p>
<p>If you are leaning towards engineering, science or a math focus in college, definitely go for it if you think you are able to handle the work. If you are struggling to get a B in ab calc, then I would suggest only taking bc calc the following year, as a C in either course would hurt you more than taking two high level math classes can help.</p>
<p>Having taken MVC, I can say that with only AB, it’s going to be difficult. Yes, technically by the time you get to the BC stuff in MBC, you have all the knowledge, but what comes from a BC course is also general familiarity with calc concepts, and MVC can be extremely difficult in that case. For example, in a college sequence, you would take Calc BC (Calc I and Calc II) before MVC (Calc III). If you are going to do it, I would definitely self-study the BC stuff over the summer and spend a lot of time looking at calculus in general, because the more familiar you are with calc concepts, the more successful you will be.</p>
<p>Taking multivariable calculus without having already learned integral calculus (the second half of the BC syllabus) would be naive, and it would be a huge mistake. I would be surprised if the math department in your school allowed it.</p>
<p>It would be possible to take multivariable calculus next year if you learned integral calculus over the summer, but I would suggest doing this by taking the class at a nearby college rather than by trying to teach yourself.</p>