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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AP Calc AB as junior
AP Calc BC as senior 
Princeton as CS major [/quote]

This is atrocious. Must be an athlete (or fake)[/quote]

Why? What comes after calc in high school these days? When I graduated, it was the highest level.[/quote]

At my DC well known west coast private school the highest math offered is BC Calculus which is taken after honors pre calculus in senior year which is not an easy class at their school. (Go to either AB Calc or BC Calc - don’t take both during HS) They do NOT let the kids advance. The only differentiation is honors path starting in middle school and some are only taking Algebra 1 in 9th grade. Every year at least 5% of the class goes on to HYPSM and much more to T20.

As others suggest, colleges probably evaluate students within the context of their school and offerings. [/quote]

Actually plenty of kids do take both AB and BC.  Take AB first, then BC the next year.  Given that BC is a full year of college calculus (not a single semester course like most AP courses are), we've been in two districts that highly recommend you do AB and then BC (or reg calc then BC which is silly and pointless, might as well do AB then BC)[/quote]

At my kids private they do NOT do AB one year and then BC the next. It’s either or after precalculus. But yes, I understand at many schools it is common to take AB for a full year and BC the following. [/quote]

+1. It’s either AB or BC, after pre-calc. Stupid to take both.[/quote]

It's not stupid to take both.  AB is first semester /calc 1.  BC is Calc 1 and Calc 2.  In schools where the path is AB first, BC is taught so that the AB material is covered/reviewed in 3-4 weeks in Sept and then onto the new material.  Many districts have found this helps ensure a deeper understanding of the material.  Most other AP courses are "1 college semester taught over a full HS year", whereas BC is the full college year covered in 1 year---it's advanced and challenging. 
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