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[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]

I disagree with the "Better to get a 5 on the test with a C in the class vs. a 2 on the test and an A in the class." I was a math major, but no AP classes were offered at my high school. I only had teh fundamentals from my teacher. I took Calc 1-3 in college in my first 3 semesters. Calc 1 was a review of everything I knew from high school and was an easy A. It helped my transition into college not stressing over new material, which Calc 2-3 were. Of course, YMMV. [/quote]

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