Calculus in highschool?

• paladin wrote on 2010-11-12 21:41
  How would taking Calculus in senior high benefit me?
  I might be able to change into algebra2/trig this year
  So i end up taking Calculus instead of precal during my senior year
  Is there any benefit of taking it early?
• MrpewX2 wrote on 2010-11-12 21:43
  you dont have to do it in collage if you do it now
• Teaberry wrote on 2010-11-12 21:54
  Depending on what you want to major in, learning Calculus early might benefit you in other classes. It's very important for those who go after any sort of engineering major, including Computer Science.
• Skye wrote on 2010-11-12 21:56

  Quote from MrpewX2;213300:

  you dont have to do it in college if you do it now

  
  
  Sorry, just one of those things that REALLY irritate me. ^^;
  
  But yeah, you won't have to take it in college, if you really need it for your major or it's a required course or something. I'd take precal first though, but that's just me. I don't think I'd be able to do half the things in my calc class that I am doing if I hadn't taken precal last year.
• psyal wrote on 2010-11-12 21:59
  If you're ever taking Physics, it's nice to know Calc, as they share content.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-11-12 22:27
  Wait, how can you take calc without knowing algebra 2?
• EndlessDreams wrote on 2010-11-12 22:33
  Taking it in High School means that when you take it or see it later, you will understand it much better, and less study. The more you see something, the better you know it. Even if you didn't pay attention the first few times.
• Shirayuki wrote on 2010-11-12 22:33

  Quote from Cucurbita;213323:

  Wait, how can you take calc without knowing algebra 2?

  
  
  Yeah I took it sophomore year...
• yoyoma wrote on 2010-11-12 22:35
  My advice would be to try and take Calc in high school. Even if your major in college doesn't allow that credit to count for them, it never hurts to get ahead and potentially get an easy A early in your college career.
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-11-12 23:06
  You learn advanced functions in algebra 2...
  
  And you learn derivatives and integration in calculus, which uses advanced functions.
  
  So I don't even know what the hell you're all learning here. Is it the AP test standard, or some watered down crap?
• Adelynn wrote on 2010-11-12 23:11
  I believe Shirayuki said this about Algebra 2:
  

  took it sophomore year...

  
  So I'm wondering why say that point twice? o.o
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-11-12 23:18
  you see calculus in college
  nuff said
  
  unless if ur not planning to go to college
  but what
  Calculus comes from algebra and trig
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2010-11-13 00:33
  AP Calculus worth taking Jr. Year? (Aka 11th Grade)
• Arus wrote on 2010-11-13 00:56

  Quote from Cucurbita;213323:

  Wait, how can you take calc without knowing algebra 2?

  
  He's saying he can get into Algebra II this year so that he will end up in Calculus when he's a senior.
  
  

  Quote from Andy-Buddy;213416:

  AP Calculus worth taking Jr. Year? (Aka 11th Grade)

  
  I did Geometry (freshman) > Algebra II/Trig (sophomore) > Pre-Calculus (junior) > [s]AP Calculus AB[/s] (skipped) > AP Calculus BC (senior). I guess I didn't totally skip AB, since the math teachers at my school offered a workshop over summer that basically rushed through the material. There's a lot of overlap between AB and BC, but AB covers the material at a more moderate pace and obviously doesn't get to the C parts, which range from parametric/polar curves to Taylor/Maclaurin series.
  
  So it's up to you. I got a 5 on the BC exam despite rushing through AB (about 2 hours a day, 4 days a week), but if your school offers BC and you want to take it, it might not hurt to complete a full AB course depending on how you feel about math in general.
  
  Also, the university I go to lets me skip straight into multivariable calc because of my score on the BC exam. If I'd only taken the AB exam, I'd still have to take a quarter of a lower-level math class to fulfill my major requirements.
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2010-11-13 01:17

  Quote from Arus;213432:

  He's saying he can get into Algebra II this year so that he will end up in Calculus when he's a senior.
  
  
  I did Geometry (freshman) > Algebra II/Trig (sophomore) > Pre-Calculus (junior) > [s]AP Calculus AB[/s] (skipped) > AP Calculus BC (senior). I guess I didn't totally skip AB, since the math teachers at my school offered a workshop over summer that basically rushed through the material. There's a lot of overlap between AB and BC, but AB covers the material at a more moderate pace and obviously doesn't get to the C parts, which range from parametric/polar curves to Taylor/Maclaurin series.
  
  So it's up to you. I got a 5 on the BC exam despite rushing through AB (about 2 hours a day, 4 days a week), but if your school offers BC and you want to take it, it might not hurt to complete a full AB course depending on how you feel about math in general.
  
  Also, the university I go to lets me skip straight into multivariable calc because of my score on the BC exam. If I'd only taken the AB exam, I'd still have to take a quarter of a lower-level math class to fulfill my major requirements.

  
  
  For me, there is no AB or BC. Its all one year of Calculus.
  
  I followed the:
  
  Geometry (Middle School) > Algebra II (Freshman) > Pre-Calculus (Sophomore) Route. I'm just wondering if AP Calculus is worth it.