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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All schools in FCPS teach AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC. BC is the harder of the two courses. A student who takes Algebra 1 in 7th grade would be in a position to take AP Calculus as a Junior. They can choose between AB or BC, dependent on their math ability and how confident they are in their math skills. I would guess that Pre-Calc Teachers will provide guidance to students when selecting which Calculus to take. Some kids will take Calculus AB as a Junior  and then Calculus BC as a Senior but I think that is normally discouraged since BC contains the material from AB with extensions.

There is a good amount of talk that all of the math classes at TJ are more difficult then the traditional classes at base schools. I can fully see that with many of the classes since they are taught as semester long classes so students are moving through the material more quickly. I am not sure how TJ handles the AP Calculus class, it is possible that there are a lot of extensions to the class so it moves through more material then a regular AP class. [/quote]

In my experience, they overteach everything at TJ, then the kids get 5s on every AP exams practically doing them with their eyes closed. Same with multivariable - in my kid's time, the George Mason final for dual enrolment credit was so much easier than the TJ tests during the year.[/quote]

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