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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=magrathean]AP Calc AB will be more rigorous, with the potential for getting a semester's worth of college credit if one scores high enough on the Calc AB Test given in May. 
I am sure there is a correlation between the grade the teacher gives (A, B, C, etc) and one's score on the national test (5/4/3/2), but I bet it is reasonably weak.  Better to get a "5" on the AP test and a "C" in the class than an "A" in the class and a "2" on the AP Test.

Whether one gets college credit depends on two things; the given college, and the test score.  A 5 on the test will get you a waived semester of calculus (but no credit) at a top tier school, while a 3 may get you credit for a year of math at a lower tier school.

If your student feels prepared for the AP Calc, I'd recommend it over Honors Calc. I wouldn't be too worried about the Honors vs Regular PreCalc. As I understand it, Honors covers a bit more early on with limits, which would be a help. The other differences I am familiar with (Honors PreCalc supposedly covers polar coordinates and complex numbers) are not critical for the fundamentals of calculus in either AP or Honors Calculus[/quote]

Thanks for your feedback. Actually, I’m not really concerned about my child doing well on the AP test. I would have her take the AP calc class so she could have an AP class on her transcript - a rigor indicator to the colleges. I actually would rather have her ger an A in class than a 5 on the test.

I’m just trying to figure out how different these two classes are and how much harder the AP class is. [/quote]

And if being in regular precalc this year would make AP Calc AB too challenging. Thanks for your thoughts on this [/quote]

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