AP Calculus, anyone?

**sknysklz** · Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 487

well i also took AB last year and thought it was a breeze didnt do any work and i honestly think i got a 100% on the ap test but now im at university of illinois and taking calc 2 (which im assuming is kind of close to BC?) and after a couple days its not bad but then again its only been one week. but the classes reputation is to be one of the hardest math classes offered at u of i easier than calc 3 which i dont understand but oh well

i wish my school had offered BC because i really just had 4 years of not taking any notes, doing no work, and easily acing classes which sounds good but i like math and wanted a little challenge
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**mudkipzmudkipz** · Joined: 20 Jan 2008 Posts: 62

I'm taking BC right now. I'm only a week into it, but so far... my teacher doesn't teach. Not an exaggeration. Straight up, he just doesn't teach.

He gives us homework, tells us to read the section before it in the book, take notes, do the assignment, then we go over the homework in groups in class which takes the whole period, with him occaisonally helping us out when we get stuck.

I have a feeling this isn't gonna work out too well.

**GuitarGeek08** · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 3213

Anyone got any good online resources for Calculus AB exam questions? I wanted to see if i could do some of them since i decided not to take the exam
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**Quakmybush** · Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 3:17 am Post subject:

Calc is dumb, end of story, used to be good at math, Calc decided to say fuck you, barely passed.

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**radoaos** · Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 429 Location: Huntersville, NC

BC is hard. I suggest retaking Calc in college. Usually people who skip it do a lot more work to try to catch up. Only skip college calc if you NEED a double major and want to save time.
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**suspectfenster** · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 1771 Location: Portland, OR

**radoaos** · Joined: 18 Feb 2007 Posts: 429 Location: Huntersville, NC

Yea, it can be different for individuals. I got a C in high school calc BC. Didn't take the AP exam (everyone in my class who did 4 or 5'd it). However, in college I retook Calc 1 and 2, and had close to a 100 average in both of them. Really gave me a solid foundation for all the other maths I had to take.

To be fair, I think that I used to have some very poor study habits, so I wouldn't be surprised that a good student would feel no need to retake the calc classes.
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**solrac7623** · Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 12:52 am Post subject:

I'm going to be taking AP Calculus AB Senior year (I'm in my Junior year now), even though I should be taking it now (I took Geometry for 8th and 9th grade because my high school sucks >_>). I love math and have done great in each subject in high school so far and I might even get the teacher who I had in 9th grade Geometry. He's a very awesome teacher, and I was the best student in his class, so with that I am very much looking forward to next year with him. Is there anything you guys would recommend me, or do you think I'll be fine?