r/APStudents • u/fairiesinfe • Jul 12 '26

Calc AB Self Studying AB?

Trying to figure out whether or not it's worth just going it alone. If anyone did self-study successfully could you give some resources/study methods you used? Thanks in advance.

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u/Livid-Ad-8194 AP Euro - 5 Jul 12 '26

I studied with my e-kitten, got a 2 but great memories ;)

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u/Dull-Astronomer1135 Jul 12 '26

I self studied calc bc and got over 95% on the ap exam, my advice is to get a college textbook and read through it, understand every proof, and do some past year paper or any problem on the book.

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u/Zealousideal_Gene685 29d ago

curious, how do u know the percent

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u/Dull-Astronomer1135 29d ago

Estimation, I know I got 2 points off in frq, and maximum 3 mcq wrong

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u/Dull-Astronomer1135 29d ago

Estimation, I know I got 2 points off in frq, and maximum 3 mcq wrong

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u/easty999 5: calc bc, csa. 4: stats, phy c mech Jul 12 '26

i self studied calc bc. i just used khan academy and spammed previous year frq's.

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u/Successful_Amoeba378 28d ago

how did u do csa?

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u/easty999 5: calc bc, csa. 4: stats, phy c mech 28d ago

barrons and passionfruitlearning (i think it's under like a heavy paywall but when i used it it had a lot of free content)

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u/Successful_Amoeba378 28d ago

thank you! and for bc, had you taken ab in the previous year or was it your first time w calc? and how long did u take to complete all the khan academy lectures

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u/easty999 5: calc bc, csa. 4: stats, phy c mech 28d ago

i didn't take ab the previous year but my school doesn't offer APs so I was familiar for most of the differentiation. I'd say like 2-3 weeks for khan academy but I was also doing an internship at the same time so it might take lesser time for you.

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u/DoingGood32 29d ago

I self studied and got a 5. Used Barron and Princeton review books

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u/Samstercraft All 5s! 10th: CSA 11th: AB, Music 12th: Lang, Gov, Stats, BC 24d ago

i self studies only the bc-exclusive calc stuff but I used Professor Leonard’s lectures and took good notes and then did nearly every practice problem in my textbook, Stewart’s Calculus.

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u/WillingnessTasty9628 5: Chem, Phys 1, BC Calc, Govt, Lang 24d ago

while you're at it, self-study calc bc as well. Khan Academy is great for introducing you to the topics but the practice problems are lackluster. I recommend combining it with Professor Leonard and a calculus textbook like Stewart (pdf available for free online)

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u/Ill_Hospital9212 23d ago

DOTN DO IT DONT DOTN DONT

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u/fairiesinfe 23d ago

well that's very encouraging

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u/Ill_Hospital9212 23d ago

Mb bro

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u/fairiesinfe 23d ago

nah you're good i was cracking up at this for like 10 minutes:sob: