ThisNerdGotAGirl

Senior year I have the choice between
AP Calculus AB or BC
&
Honors Precal 2*(semester1)
Honors Calc* (semester2)
Last year i took
Honors Precalculus/Trig
I ended up with an A-
Most students in BC already have Calculus under their belt so i know im going to be left behind. But i also dont want to take AB because it only covers one semester of college calc and it goes by really slow.
The Honors Precal/Calc class is known to be very intense and most students in their say that by the end of the year they are more than ready for Calculus in College. Will an Engineering School such as (UofAz or ASU) look down at me because I never took AP Calc?

gotmilk

I would take BC. It doesn't matter if they know calculus because BC is supposed to cover calc 1 topics anyways. But if you don't feel you want to this, then AB is also a good choice.

yodelo

Definitely BC Calculus

TaciturnType

You've already asked this about four times. You should make a decision a stick with it. In the end it won't have a huge effect on your college career. I would support this advice from ucbalumnus, however.

ThisNerdGotAGirl

No one ever gives me the answer i'm looking for :@
t(-_-)t

terenc

^... No one is giving you the answer you're looking for?

That would imply that you already know the answer. So... why ask?

Every school is different. you need to talk to the BC teacher and/or the math department head to discuss your best placement.

ChrisTKD

Why does your school offer an honors precalc II/Calc track for students after honors pre-calc/trig? Normally, you should be ready to start Calc.

If you are not concerned about testing out of Calc I or Calc I and II in college then I'd go for the HS class with the best teacher. At our local HS the honors teachers are often better than the AP teachers. What matters is that by the end of college you have a full understanding of all the math concepts needed to be an engineer (probably including Calc I, II, III, differential equations, linear algebra). It really doesn't matter when you take the math.

GLOBALTRAVELER

As long as you are taking Trig during the fall semester of your high-school senior year, you are OK. That means you are taking some form of Pre-Calculus during the spring term (my last high-school math course was Analytic Geometry).

For almost all engineering degrees, you want to start off at least with Calculus I during fall term freshman year. I can make a case that a COMPUTER SCIENCE major can actually start off with Pre-Calculus during fall term freshman year since CS majors now only need Calculus I, Calculus II and Linear Algebra...and still graduate in 4 years.

For the record, I was a computational mathematics major and had absolutely ZERO AP credits. I started with Calculus I during fall term freshman year.

bison151515

you've already asked this question so many times, anyone who looks at your profile will see that. Just pick the most advanced, if you got an A-. If you don't listen to that, just put all the classes in a hat and draw it out. It'll be faster.