Is My Schedule Too Much?

AimHigh2
Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:48:23 +0000

@ucbalumnus

I am excellent in math. I am two years ahead in math, so I think I can handle AP Calculus. I also have several friends in the course who are willing to help me with with any problems that arise. I had talked to my guidance counselor and he had mentioned the same idea of taking a follow-up math course at the local community college. I plan to do this my senior year.

I am good at learning math easily on my own. Plus, I have talked to one of the online guidance counselors and he says the Calculus teachers have collaborations for every chapter. The teacher will tutor the concepts and will work with everyone on the material. And my best friend is willing to help me with Pre-Calculus. I don’t think my school has Pre-Calculus at the school over the summer. And the Pre-Calculus teacher at the school is known to lower student’s grades if they make one silly mistake and doesn’t explain the material well. Many of my friends have complained of him messing up their GPA. This is one of the reasons I want to take it online, along with the fact that I want to catch up.

My school only offers AP Physics B, but I was planning to self-study AP Physics C in my junior or senior year, or take it online if it every becomes available by that time. Is AP Physics C self-study able if you have taken or are currently taking AP Calculus BC? Does it relate to any of the material in AP Physics B? If anyone has self-studied AP Physics C or took it online somewhere, please comment. Thanks.