Is My Schedule Too Much?

ucbalumnus
Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:13:47 +0000

AimHigh2:

In Florida, AP Calculus AB is equivalent to a semester of math at college. I have never heard of AP Calculus AB being equivalent to two semesters. Do you have any evidence of this?



No, because that is not what I said.

AB = typically counted as first semester of university calculus
BC = may be counted as first and second semesters of university calculus

You do not get any additional credit or placement for taking both AB and BC; at most you would get credit for the first and second semesters of university calculus if you ace the BC exam (if you do, then your AB score would not matter at all).

In other words, if your high school requiring you to take AB over one year, and then the remaining BC stuff over a second year, it is requiring you to take a one year university level calculus course over two years.



AimHigh2:

Your idea of taking a cc course and then taking the AP exam, will that not duplicate the credit?



Yes, but you were concerned that some universities may accept AP more than they do community college courses. That would be a way to mitigate that concern if you took calculus at a community college.