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[quote=Anonymous]I was the OP of this thread.

For much of the 2nd and 3rd quarters, my DC had a C+ in AP Precalc.  In the 4th quarter, he did well enough to make the final grade a B!  He got a 5 on the AP Precalc exam.  The only reason he took it (and I paid the extra $40 for late fee) was because it looked like he was going to be getting a C- or D in the class, and I wanted is record to have a counter-weight showing that he actually did know the College Board's precalc curriculum.

That said, DC's teacher told kids in Jan/Feb that only those getting an A or A- in AP precalc should go on to AP Calc BC.  Since DC had such a hard time through the year (with practices being easy and tests being much harder), he is taking AP Calc AB.

DC had a perfect score on PSAT math.  He had over a 700 on the SAT math (I don't remember the exact score).  And yet, the AP precalc curriculum at his FCPS HS was brutal.

So, he has no desire to take AP Calc BC.

He's going into a major that will require Calc I, II and III and beyond... so he's not against math.  This class turned him off.

Thankfully, the grading system allows kids to show "mastery" at the end and it can help their grade.  [/quote]

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