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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that taking AB in Junior year and BC senior year is a great plan for a strong math foundation for college. My DC is extraordinary at math and a math major at VT and she opted for AB in Junior year to help make it a less stressful year (honors and AP other classes) and it was a very good choice. VT took her credit for the BC calc and she’s doing great with her math major. There’s no need to rush ahead. [/quote] The only good part about this plan is that it is meant for slowly stretching one year of math material into two years. She would learn the calculus the first year, but then do almost the exact same thing with just a few additional topics the second year. In my opinion, not a great plan unless one likes to just take it easy the 2nd year.. which I suppose fits well with senioritis.[/quote] Or, she crammed everything possible into senior year, so it was nice that calculus was one of her easier classes. She also took AP Stats, AP Physics A&E, and AP Physics Mech. There are plenty of paths to success. [/quote] Eh, I guess it's fine if that worked for her. But if she did great in AB, surely she could have just taught herself the few topics that were not covered in BC. Then use that slot to take an elective or something she was interested in for her senior year class. I don't really see how AB + BC works for most students. Either they're already very good at math and want to take BC, or they're not super into it and take AB. AB covers plenty of calculus. Doing BC after having done AB seems like an inefficient use of time.[/quote]
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