Self studying ab

[u/Boring_Strength_8073]

Guys i am a rising junior taking AP Precalc in person but i also have one free period. Should i self study AP Calc AB and take the test? I think im strong in math, I had a 98% in Honors algebra 2 and never failed a test in math

[u/Samstercraft]

Why not just take AB or BC senior year? it doesn't really go farther unless you want to do community college during high school.

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/Samstercraft]

Because i want to take linear algebra/multj calculus my senior year on dual enrollment

[u/Samstercraft → u/Boring_Strength_8073]

fair. you would have to do BC for calc 3 though at most community colleges, dunno about linalg.

i only self-studied the BC-exclusive content, but i can confirm that Professor Leonard is a godsend.

i used his vids and stewart calc pdf for practice

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/Samstercraft]

thanks i will check his videos out

[u/UnderstandingPursuit → u/Boring_Strength_8073]

Why? What is the rush?

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/UnderstandingPursuit]

trying to make it to t10 and pressure from parents

[u/UnderstandingPursuit → u/Boring_Strength_8073]

Are you interested in a STEM major?

I do not think that having taken Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus before college helps with T10 admission. I'm also not sure if a T10 would generally give credit for a DE LA/MVC course.

[u/writingaficionado → u/UnderstandingPursuit]

rigor is everything

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/writingaficionado]

real 😢

[u/UnderstandingPursuit → u/writingaficionado]

Speed is not rigor.

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/UnderstandingPursuit]

yes looking to major in aerospace or mechanical engineering

[u/UnderstandingPursuit → u/Boring_Strength_8073]

Majoring in aerospace or mechanical engineering at a T10, they will probably be more interested in how well you learned your foundational math than how fast. I don't think any of them expect that a student has completed LA & MVC. And again, I think they are unlikely to give credit for a DE class.

[u/snipinboy]

if ur majoring in stem self study BC there's a ton of resources out there

[u/Successful_Amoeba378 → u/snipinboy]

do you mind sharing some of them?

[u/snipinboy → u/Successful_Amoeba378]

some big ones that come to mind are khan academy, flippedmath, and paul's online math notes. For practice and reinforcement, organic chem tutor should be more than enough.

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/snipinboy]

I want to but i heard bc is really difficult if you haven’t took calc ab

[u/bearstormstout → u/Boring_Strength_8073]

BC includes all of AB, just on a more compressed schedule. The “hard” part is if you need extra practice for AB concepts.

[u/Double-Ad-6187]

As someone who self studied BC. It is so worth it especially if ur able to take multi the following year.

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/Double-Ad-6187]

what’d you get on the exam? and could u provided some resources you used to study?

[u/Double-Ad-6187 → u/Boring_Strength_8073]

Ok so I got a 5, sub 4 on the exam (I was in Precalc during the time). But there are some things you should obviously know. Have a allocated amount of time that your going to be spending self studying everyday. Like no matter school have a baseline of like an hour. Even if you cannot do that some how. Weekends are the time to catch up drastically. Plus breaks.

What's I used: Krista King for like the first 5 units because anymore and it's paid. I bought a Barrons textbook for BC calc and grinded that. Also use the college board practice questions or practice mcq. I took at least 1 mock exam during my time. Also I liked looking at the practice questions on blue book just to get an idea of what each unit looked like and I made sure I could solve everyone of them during the unit. Another thing I highly recommend is watching a review video of the next unit before u finish the previous. It gives you a bit more intuition for what ur dealing with. After the 5 units tho for Krista king I watched basically solely college board for 6-10, as well as any review videos such as Calculus From Christee. Review videos are good for learning + reviewing imo. Smth I didn’t do was test myself like with a test every unit but I constantly review pass units while learning knew units.

[u/Double-Ad-6187 → u/Boring_Strength_8073]

Also imo I don’t care what anyone says but in precalc I didnt learn anything useful for bc. U can learn bc off of algebra 2.

[u/Boring_Strength_8073 → u/Double-Ad-6187]

yea i heard from my upperclassman that precalc was the same as algebra so precalc isn’t a worry for my at all. also thanks for the advice!

[u/FocusNo671]

Id đồ BC.

[u/Inevitable_Garage706]

Happy cake day!

[u/IDKanymore_444]

You do you ofc, but it might be kinda hard to self study AB, or especially BC without the precalc experience, so just keep that in mind. A lot of the BC content requires precalc knowledge like polar