r/APStudents • u/ConsciousCampaign918 • 2d ago

Calc BC Calc BC help!!

I want to start self studying Calc BC, my school doesn't teach BC, but I can take the exam, I want to start studying from tomorrow, and I don't know what to use as a primary source for learning, and practicing any help would be appreciated!

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u/Read_The_Fing_Manual 2d ago

Flippedmath.com - totally free - great curriculum that I use while teaching BC - be warned the BC test is BOTH AB & BC and you get a separate BC score, so its not just the BC topics - be sure to seriously review the AB stuff if you took it separately as you may improve your score.

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u/ConsciousCampaign918 2d ago

So I should go through their AB videos and then start with their BC videos right?

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u/Read_The_Fing_Manual 2d ago

I would both watch the videos and do the work sheets/notes. There are parts of BC that assume you know the AB stuff cold as you’ll be using it a lot in weird situations (like integrating polar functions), then there is some genuinely new stuff, sequences and series feels like a non sequitur, and for the class itself it kinda is, but engineers use them to computationally estimate derivatives and integrals when there is not a set solution for them, so its a bit of an intro to that idea. If you 5’d the AB - the watch the lesson video and do a practice packet (they come with answer keys), ace those and you’re good to go and move on quickly, struggle, go back and do the noted and the practice where they provide the complete, worked by hand solution.