<p>@azndarkvader: Nope~ It’s kinda confusing too, haha. Am I supposed to “Like” a group, “Request to Join” another group, or…? I also heard some groups were set up by people not from the college (some kind of roommate website). Which one did you join?</p>
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Sure!</p>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Of course Calc BC would look more impressive than Calc AB. Just as French 5 would look more impressive than French 4. Will it make a huge difference? No. I’d say if you can get an A in Calc AB, but only a B in Calc BC, go for AB.</p>
<p>The one with 500 people in it lol… I really don’t know. Friend added me to the group</p>
<p>[Diamond</a> Bar High School](<a href=“http://dbhs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=113903&type=u&termREC_ID=&pREC_ID=123858]Diamond”>CALC BC -- NOTES – Brose, Jeff – Diamond Bar High School)</p>
<p>go to that link. theres a lot of pdfs… so better to give u link than send all worksheets…</p>
<p>If you’re good at math, BC will be easy. I’m not terribly good at math, so I’m scraping a B out. However, I’m learning enough so that I’ll have a decent shot at a 5.</p>
<p>I’m not wretched at math, but I do tend to need a little more time than most for the concepts to sink in. In that sense, taking AB before BC was the best decision for me (well, that and the fact that my school doesn’t allow BC before AB). I’m able to understand the underlying concepts and connections between concepts in BC this year having gained a keen grasp of the basics in AB. </p>
<p>I’m not sure how rigorous AB is considered at your school (ie, do only the slacker kids take that rather than BC?), but at mine top students are regularly in AB senior year just because their middle school didn’t have an “advanced” math track. We’ve had kids get into Columbia, Williams, etc in AB as seniors. Doesn’t seem to impact them.</p>
<p>Alright, thanks guys!</p>
<p>Why does it seem like you HAVE to be naturally good at math to get an ‘A’ in BC? Is there really nothing hard work can do for you?</p>
<p>I think the primary reason that Calc BC is difficult is that it is the equivalent of a year long college general calculus class while most of the other AP tests cover the equivalent of a semester long class. I don’t feel that the BC test itself is really that much more difficult than the AB test, and in fact I found the AP test to be much easier than the mathematics course itself. I’m guessing the difficulty of the class mainly lies in who your teacher is.</p>
<p>Saugus, i feel that its one of those classes that people just get or dont get. the main difference between AB and BC is that there are a lot more topics that are thrown into BC and they are a bit disjointed. Everything in AB builds on itself while in BC it doesnt. In BC you go from harder integrals that require limits, to parametric equations, to sequences and series (hardest part for many people) and angular calculus (the name escapes me now, but its where you graph in terms of radius and magnitude rather than in terms of x and y). BC was uber easy for me (got a 5), but i have a hard time with english classes and history, so i think its just that you get it or you dont and because there is more information that doesnt always build, you have to be able to work at a faster pace.</p>
<p>Quite frankly you have to be good at math in BC because you have to thoroughly understand the topics. You can’t just memorize examples and formulas; it needs to “click” if you want to be successful. If you aren’t gifted in math, it just won’t come to you. With BC questions, it’s not always clear how the problem should be solved or even approached; Just figuring out what you need to do is a big part of the challenge, and then after that you have to dig through the calculus/algebra without making any minor mistakes.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in AB, questions are more straightforward and surface level, so it’s far easier to sneak by without deeply understanding what you are doing and why.</p>
<p>I see now. Some people say it’s the easiest AP because they can just do it inherently, others who have to work at it find it the hardest.</p>
<p>Thanks, guys! It makes sense now and I’ve finally reconciled my feelings of inferiority and defeat in mathematics. I’ll just take AB since I can’t do anything about BC.</p>
<p>My school didn’t have AB; BC is so tough for me even with a good teacher. A lot of thorough understanding of the rules and concepts is definitely needed. </p>
<p>Series was the absolute worst thing in math I have done so far.</p>
<p>Don’t feel bad about taking AB if you’re not confident enough about taking BC. A girl I know got into Emory with Calc AB.</p>