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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP. I am confused. I've read a lot of advice on here about repeating Calc BC in college to "get the right foundation". If subsequent classes are not really dependent on BC, why bother with the repeat?

DC did AB in 11th grade (AP:5) and BC in 12th. Assuming an AP score of 3 in BC, should they repeat Calc 2 in college? This will be a STEM program.[/quote]

Think of it this way.  When they were in elementary school, they were introduced to addition in kindergarten.  There was practice in addition every year after that.  It was “the same” addition but more practice and going deeper.  This is what further years of calculus does.  In many ways calculus is learning a new set of operations that needs to be practiced over and again to become comfortable and adept at using.  If you don’t quite get something (even if you do fine on the test), it is helpful to do more practice.

Linear algebra is not building on calculus.  It’s building on algebra as a previous poster said.  So this student should be fine.  If they were taking multi variable calc, not having a string foundation in calc will tie your hands. [/quote]

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