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[quote=Anonymous]AB is supposed to represent the first half of the BC curriculum.

My son is a senior in AP Calc BC, after a junior year of AP Calc AB. After straight As all his life, he is now struggling in this class and has a C. We figure out that last year's AB class must have been easier than normal, and this year's must be harder than normal, otherwise why the discrepancy? His current professor is the only teacher in his high school teaching BC and he's known to be a hard-ass - not letting kids look at their tests with corrections for more than 5 minutes, not allowing retakes on most tests, giving them really hard questions, etc. All his students then go on to have 4 or 5 on the exam, but DS is so discouraged that he's not sure he wants to take the exam. Also, as a senior, college decisions will come in before then.

So inquire about the teachers of AP Calc BC. If your child received consistent instruction in math, I think she won't have the challenges my son is currently facing. And I agree that AP Calc BC is harder than AP Stats, and more interesting if she wants to pursue a STEM major.

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