<p>I’m going to bump this one and add my own question on to it -</p>
<p>My school only offers an AP Calc AB class, but with a twist - if you take the highest math classes available each year, the class you take junior year is essentially spent on pre-calc the first half of the year and the beginning of AP Calc the second half (almost all of derivation). That means that by the beginning of senior year, you’ve already taken approximately half of the entire AP Calc AB course, so the first third of senior year is review, followed by the rest of the material for the remaining two-thirds.</p>
<p>I am interested in self-studying for the BC exam, as it doesn’t seem to be too much more information; my goal is to convince a friend or two to attempt it along with me. I have two questions before we put that effort in, however:</p>
<p>First, is it truly worth it? I plan on majoring in engineering, so I know that it might have more application than elsewhere, and one of my friends is looking into mathematics, which would obviously be worth it, but the third friend wants to major in English - would this be pointless for him? (All three of us are either taking or have finished the AB course at this time).</p>
<p>Second, the books we use in school are slightly dated…as in over a decade old. I know that that’s really not old at all, but should we look into getting a newer edition? We are currently using this particular book: [url=<a href=“http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?box=0-395-93321-8&pos=-1&ISBN=0395933218]Calculus”>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?box=0-395-93321-8&pos=-1&ISBN=0395933218]Calculus</a> of a Single Variable, (0395933218), Ron Larson, Textbooks - Barnes & Noble<a href=“published%20in%20’98).%20This%20is%20the%20newest%20version%20(I%20believe):%20%5Burl=http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Calculus-of-a-Single-Variable/Ron-Larson/e/9780547209982/?itm=5]Calculus%20of%20a%20Single%20Variable,%20(0547209983),%20Ron%20Larson,%20Textbooks%20-%20Barnes%20&%20Noble[/url]%20(published%20in%20’08”>/url</a>. If we do decide to self-study, should we update to a newer edition, or is our current book okay for the BC exam?</p>
<p>Thank you in advance for any and all help…it’s greatly appreciated!</p>