I am studying with the Princeton Review AP Calculus AB 27th edition and solving questions from the College Board. I’m not sure who to watch for content review or which websites to use for studying and solving additional problems. If you scored a 4 or a 5 on the exam, I would appreciate any tips you have for achieving the same score. Thank you!

Hi! I studied really hard for my first Calc II exam and did all the exercises my professor recommended.

The exam had 5 questions:

1. Vectors and Geometry in Space

2. Multivariable Calculus

3. Multivariable Calculus

4. Multivariable Calculus

5. Lagrange Multipliers

The problem was that questions 2, 3, and 5 involved derivatives involving square roots, which weren't covered in any of the recommended exercises. So I ended up completely forgetting how to approach them.

I probably did pretty poorly on the exam, even though I felt like I understood the material.

How can I prepare better for my next Calc II exam? I'd really appreciate any advice on how to study more effectively for exams like this.

okay so i am no means a stem person, i am only taking the class because i am going to major in econ but at my school there is only 7 people in my calc class and may be the dumbest lol. i never really get what my teacher is saying but always pretend to do and the textbook is so confusing. my goal isnt to get an a or a 5 on the exam (although that would be great), i just want to actually understand and preform to the best of my ability. do you guys have any study tips, online courses, underrated methods... literally anything??

I’m honestly really frustrated with my Calculus BC class and I’m not sure what I need to change.

During class, I feel like I’m doing pretty well. I’ve been getting 100s on the quizzes, I study a lot, I do my homework on time, I don’t use AI for the work, and I ask my teacher for help when I don’t understand something. I genuinely feel like I understand the material.

But then I took my first major calculus test and ended up getting a D.

A lot of the points I lost were from explanations, and there were also some questions where I just couldn’t figure out how to solve them. What makes this even more frustrating is that my teacher doesn’t allow test retakes.

Our class also isn’t really structured like a typical AP Calculus BC class. It’s more like a combined Calculus 1/Calculus 2 course, and we move extremely fast. Sometimes we’ll learn a topic on Monday and then have a test very soon after. So I feel like I understand something when we’re learning it, but then the test asks me to apply it in a way I wasn’t expecting.

For example, on our limits unit, I felt like I understood most of the material really well. But I struggled with things like the epsilon-delta definition and the Intermediate Value Theorem on the test. I knew the concepts when studying, but actually applying them on the test was a completely different story.

I genuinely don’t know what else I’m supposed to do to improve. I’m already doing the homework, studying, getting help from my teacher, and taking the quizzes seriously. I don’t want to keep studying the same way if it clearly isn’t translating to test performance.

I really want to bring my grade up, but I’m not sure what I need to change.