Why is BC calc so hard for me?

rhandco
Sun, 18 Jan 2015 19:01:05 +0000

You shouldn’t do BC Calc after pre-calc, unless your pre-calc was basically half calculus.

Buy study guides, study with other people, watch Khan Academy videos. You must be missing some concepts if you are doing poorly (even if you consider poorly not managing an A).

Many people self-study AP classes, you can self-study and take the course. Sometimes the study guides are better than the course.

I’m wondering though, do you have a drastic need to be that far ahead in math? Or is that normal at your school? BC is usually junior or senior year, even for kids targeting Ivies and other top schools.

And often it is better to take Calc 1 at your college so that you learn what their focus is. It can be quite a revelation when a student finds out their AP class was focused on the test and their college calc classes focus on applications.