AP CALC BC: Skipping PreCalc?

AnthonyZ
Mon, 01 Jan 2018 04:38:06 +0000

The secret that I found was that Precalc doesn’t prepare your for Calc AB, instead Precalc prepares you for calc BC. Everything that I learned in Precalc is coming back around to be used with calculus in calc BC. Don’t skip Precalc, you won’t pass Calc BC.

As far as the SAT 2, I wish I took it immediately after Precalc. But do a few practice questions on the college board’s website and see how you feel. You may get by with knowledge from just algebra 2.

Does your school offer calc AB? I know at some schools AB is not a prerequisite to BC, but at my school it is and I think it would be impossible to skip calc AB (calc BC is one of the hardest classes at my school, and AB is a requirement)