Foreign Language [level 3] vs AP Biology

[ucbalumnus]

@2026class

I don’t see a problem skipping Precalc if you can pass the summer evaluation. The material in that class isn’t really necessary for calculus for strong math students. At my kids school, skipping Calc AB is pretty standard for STEM-y students, the BC class teaches the AB curriculum in the first few months and then hops into BC material.

Lots of high schools teach BC inclusive of AB material, so going directly from precalculus to BC can be the norm or common at these high schools (unlike those where BC starts where AB ends).

Skipping precalculus depends on whether the high school’s math curriculum is designed to allow strong students from algebra 1 / geometry / algebra 2 (or equivalent integrated math courses) to be prepared for calculus. This may be the case at some high schools, but probably not most.