Anonymous wrote:This should make it very clear why the typical progression is to take either AB or BC, not both: https://blog.collegeboard.org/difference-between-ap-calculus-ab-and-bc

This is from that link: "AP Calculus AB focuses on topics that are taught in the college-equivalent first-semester calculus class. AP Calculus BC focuses on topics covered in both first- and second-semester calculus classes."

It's not unreasonable that some schools, for some kids, would have them take the college-equivalent first-semester calculus class one year, and the second year take a class that covers the second-semester calculus class. So after the first year, they'd be prepared for the AB exam, and after the second year they'd be prepared for the BC exam.

I'm not sure why people are so hung up on this. There are a ton of different math pathways from pre-algebra to.... wherever a kid ends, and schools handle those in all different ways for different kids.

My DS is in geometry now as an 8th grader, which puts him on track for Calc in 11th. I’m actually worried about him going straight into BC partly because it’s such a heavy lift but also because I’ve heard it doesn’t actually fully mirror college calc, and kids show up to college, place out of calc, and aren’t fully prepared for their math classes. I guess we’ll see, but if he could take AB and then BC (not sure our school will allow that), I’d be all for it.

Anonymous wrote:The majority of the large catholic HS in this area WCAC focus on sports so much that the identity of the school is more sports focused than catholic. Many students are there chasing athletic scholarship $$

And if your kid isn't recruited and they play a sport that the school is serous about, the have zero chance of making the team. To us, that's actually a big downside

Anonymous wrote:NP, I haven’t heard of taking both AP Calc classes either. What school is this?

I know of at least two Archdiocese of Baltimore schools where it is the case.