Should I take AP Calculus AB or BC?

cloudberry
Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:35:12 +0000

I’m choosing classes to take in senior year, and so far I have:

AP Literature
AP European History
AP Calculus __
AP Physics
AP French
AP Chinese
gym

AP Lit and Euro are some of the toughest classes at our high school, which is quite difficult and competitive. I can probably handle physics, french, and chinese, and I’m trying to decide right now whether to take AP Calc AB or BC. I’m not great at math- I’ve been following the honors track, but I’ve never been the best in my class in high school (I’m more a humanities person). In precalculus this year, I can usually get the concepts by the time of the test, but the harder topics don’t click instantly. Here are my current thoughts:

Pros of taking AB:
-easier time in senior year- will probably be crying over lit and euro
-I’m just average at math (within the honors track) so I’ll be able to delve deeper into the topics

Pros of taking BC:
-it covers more and I’ll be more prepared for college
-it only does a few chapters more than AB (?)
-I don’t know how much harder it will be than AB- I don’t want to be bored in AB

If anyone had any input or advice that’d be great! Thanks :]