My kid thought Honors PreCalc (Montgomery county public) was really easy and aced it. Was struggling w/ BC and we had to get a tutor.

OP, does your school offer the option of starting in BC and then moving down to AB if needed? It would be great if AB and BC were offered in the same period. Then a kid struggling in BC could switch to AB without having to change around other classes.

Anonymous wrote:Since your child is male, I would recommend BC. He'd probably be bored to tears in AB, not to mention he'd be one of the only boys, if not the only boy, in a Calculus AB class, which might make him feel lonely and isolated.

This is hopefully a joke because this is a ridiculously sexist statement. Lots of kids of both genders in BC and AB.

Anonymous wrote:Since your child is male, I would recommend BC. He'd probably be bored to tears in AB, not to mention he'd be one of the only boys, if not the only boy, in a Calculus AB class, which might make him feel lonely and isolated.

? There are plenty of boys in AB calculus

Since your child is male, I would recommend BC. He'd probably be bored to tears in AB, not to mention he'd be one of the only boys, if not the only boy, in a Calculus AB class, which might make him feel lonely and isolated.

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Anonymous wrote:Assuming the school is following the AP curriculum and not going rogue, AB will not prepare as well for multivar. Take BC.

This. If he takes AB, he runs out of classes

That's not true. If he takes AB, he can take BC afterward.

That's not a sequence that someone who excels in math (i.e. someone taking calculus as a sophomore) takes

It's a sequence for someone quite advanced at math (taking calculus as a junior!) who over accelerated earlier in their career, or who had fewer interests in middle school but diversified in high school.

Some schools allow for algebra in 6th so cal bc is normal sophomore or jr year. My kid has tons of interests but was offered the track and took it bits been fine but we had to get a tutor some years depending on the teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:Assuming the school is following the AP curriculum and not going rogue, AB will not prepare as well for multivar. Take BC.

This. If he takes AB, he runs out of classes

That's not true. If he takes AB, he can take BC afterward.

That's not a sequence that someone who excels in math (i.e. someone taking calculus as a sophomore) takes

It's a sequence for someone quite advanced at math (taking calculus as a junior!) who over accelerated earlier in their career, or who had fewer interests in middle school but diversified in high school.