AP Calc: AB and BC?

kenf1234
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:31:12 +0000

midmo, I agree that the top math students in good high schools earning a 5 on the AP exams are probably going to be in good shape. Here’s what the Berkeley math department says on its website on the subject:

“While the Math Department has found that a score of 3 or 4 shows that a student is ready to take college calculus, it is not an accurate indicator of how a student will do in a college math course. High school calculus is not necessarily the same as college calculus. The professor’s expectations of what the students should know and have internalized (and not just memorized) can differ greatly from what high school students might expect.”