@@chogpamp123 for me I'm pretty confident I got a 100% on the multiple choice, but for the frqs my brain was just too tired and I probably got around a 60% on that section. Overall I think I got around a 85% which is a 5
Taking AP Pre Calc rn, and I’m honestly struggling. Mind you I’m not the best at math, but I’m worried for the exams ngl. My teacher is one of those flipped classrooms, so it’s even harder to understand topics sometimes. Any tips for studying or tutoring sites?
@@Toastyy1123 everyone has different capabilities, attention spans, and learning styles, plus circumstances determine a lot. don't judge somebody like that, it's kind of pathetic tbh
To be fair, I'm in AP Precalc, and the 3 units are some BIG units. Like 15 topics per unit. It's similar in volume of content to other AP classes. They're just divided up differently. (I do agree that having a random 4th untested unit is stupid though)
yeah when I took precalc before it was AP there were like 14 units and from my understanding from talking to friends who are taking it right now, it's around the same content I learned last year
@@patty3463 that is how classes with the same name works bro. Biology, Biology Honors, AP Biology, is the same stuff, just taught at a more challenging level and more in depth level.
unpopular opinion but the good thing about AP precalc (idk if it was intentional) was that it provides a solid and STANDARDIZED base for one of the hardest APs, AP calculus. This would make students who take ap calc much more comfortable with the content. yes, the exam is a scam but students have the option to not take it. being in a precalculus class designed by the same organization that designs AP calculus is valuable to have.
I disagree, I'm currently taking AP calc but I'm also assisting for AP pre calc and most of the things in AP pre calc doesn't help with calc. The main thing is the trig identities, unit circle, and other trig stuff. Other than that, a solid understanding in algebra II is enough for AP calc
My math teacher rn said that this class was actually primarily for people who AREN'T taking AP Calc. He said it was a good way for students who are behind on math/improving from a much lower skill floor to get a somewhat advanced math credit in for their senior year.
Funnily in oír sh chol, since the introduction of AP pre calc we have to take it and depending on what grade we get on it we then have the capability of taking ab or BC calc
Sophmore AP pre-calc student here! My school actually discontinued our accelerated Pre-calc course so it was either general or AP, and I took ap because I wanted the GPA (and slight ego) boost, and man.... was that a mistake. I haven't always been the strongest in math, but I was seriously struggling in pre-calc and it didn't help that my teacher wasn't that good either!! I'm totally stressed for the AP exams but I heard that since it's the first exam they're curving the grades by A LOT, so that gives me some hope, but the practice questions are so confusing I'm still worried I won't do well on the test :((
I mainly took it for the gpa boost too, but it turns out that my teacher gives more bonus points and curves for calc ab so I might’ve actually had a higher grade if I just skipped precal
It’s kinda insane how the first two units are Algebra 2 copy and paste. But you get to the trig unit and suddenly we’re moving at rabbit pace and it’s so much info crammed at once. I failed my very first test in highschool due to this class, but luckily test corrections came for the win
...That is precalculus on a whole. Maybe you might learn a bit on limits but most of the time precalc is going to be a modified version of algebra II. You want it to be that way, trust me when I say that 1 year of algebra II isn't really enough to master calculus. Everyone that took the accelerated alg II course at my school which let you skip precalc is struggling hard in IB Maths and AP Calc.
@@omarfish8940 i think the algebra 2 parts are necessary i just wish more time was dedicated to the trig parts because it feels misleading to cram the trig section into all of unit 3
precalculus (as a concept) is legit a waste of time 1) the whole first half of the course is in fact cut and paste Algebra 2 2) nothing you use in precalculus is ever used in calculus 3) if anything, the topics of interest at all, if ever is trig inverses, conic sections, polar, parametric and matrices but that can all be done fairly short amount of time like 5 months
@@duckymomo7935 If you end up using nothing from precalc then that's an indication that you probably need to retake precalc lol. Precalc is arguably the 2nd most important maths course in HS, only behind Algebra II. The one year you get for learning the content of algebra II is not nearly long enough to get a mastery over algebra skills, especially as time goes on and you plan on taking more and more advanced subjects. Tbh I regretted not taking precalc and skipping to calc. I have significantly less algebraic reasoning in comparison to most of my ODE class and it sucks.
Just to add my two cents, I attend a charter school in which any fees for AP Exams are covered by the school (which im so glad). I’m a sophomore, and I would’ve taken Honors Precalculus, but luckily, the AP came out, so thats a plus for me. As for the rigor, it’s definitely an easier AP, especially for me with my prior Algebra 2 knowledge the year before. So in my experience, I don’t have much reason to hate it, especially since the teacher is preparing us so well. I can see why it’s not liked though, it’s a joke.
My school pays for AP exams thankfully, and the only reason I’d rather take AP Pre-calc next year instead of regular is because I started learning ahead in November, and given my current pace I’ll have self-learned Pre-Calc and most of Calculus AB. So AP will give me hopefully at least a bit more of a challenge and additional knowledge!
another reason some people don’t know, more students at least at my high school, have been opting for classes at the junior college which offer legitimate college credit compared to college credit that relates to a test score. My high school has now set a limit on how many college classes someone can take.
Ah, AP Precalc. A class that helped my school district completely gut the math curriculum. Our school starts late in the year, so we can't do all of BC calc before the test; thus, our math teacher had Honors Pre Calc w/ Derivatives (most of Calc A) to bridge the gap to BC, and normal precalc for those going into AB. After AP Precalculus was summoned from the unholy realm of profit motivated business decisions, our school district forced the teacher to cut HPC w/ D so they could replace it with AP PC, which means our school district has effectively killed BC, lowered the quality of math education available, and made it impossible to go into calc without shelling out exhorbitant test fees twice. Truly one of the classes of all time.
why would they cut hpc... ap precalc bridges the gap before unit 1 of ab/bc so if your school replaced normal pc instead of hpc, the math progression should be fine
@@sdf_96 Because AP precalc sounds harder than normal precalc, so they figured it was probably about the same as honors precalc and decided to cut that instead. My math teacher has also been an outspoken critic of several of the school districts other poor decisions, so they also just don't like him.
ap precal is so hard 😭😭😭 like i did amazing in the class but the actual ap style questions are so hard and i don't know what its asking. Also my state covers 3 AP classes that are math, science, or language. So it doesn't cost me anything
@@SomuaSomua good luck man, i think you can get a 5! just put in the work and try your hardest to truly understand the concepts also, a fundamental calculus understanding really does help with ap physics 1 and 2, even if they are algebraic courses… i can’t tell you how many times i’ve done a normally difficult graph question in 10 seconds just by using calculus principles, lol
Junior ap pre calc student here, 97 in the class and don’t find the class that hard… it’s just memory and constant learning to understand complex questions. Tips for any struggling students before the test is flash cards, UA-cam, khan academy, and college board resources!
Honestly, it’s pretty good for schools like mine which are very strict and controlling when it comes to APs. They try to ensure each students takes the least possible APs for our “mental health.” This means that for me, I am not allowed to take AP math until junior year, and even then AP Precalc is the only AP available to me. Before, the hardest math class I would have been allowed to take in my junior year was Honors Math 3, and I would have only been able to take AP Calc my senior year if I had achieved a good grade in HM3. If nothing else, the class will probably give me a GPA boost when I take it.
ig i'm just the one who isn't benefitting from ap precalc as a "mental health" course tbh. I was getting really good grades in my previous math classes. The AP Precalc content just DOESN'T click for me lmao or maybe it's the way my teacher grades.
Enrolled in AP precalc, saw it was algebra 2 all over again, decided to fail a quiz on purpose in order to be placed into regular pre-calc. Now I'm here learning the actual course itself. All I gotta say is, I've learned so much more taking regular instead. 😅
I took Honors pre-calc last year as an 8th grader, and lots of my fellow freshmen are now taking AP pre-calc simply for the GPA weight while I'm in Calc AB. According to them, it's really easy.
I mean the harder the course the more impressive (to most colleges) but honestly if you still continued on to take AP Calc BC and dual enrollment math classes, it probably wouldn't matter too much. If that was your last year of high school then maybe it would matter a tiny bit.
This lack of preparation could be nothing further from the truth. I self learned precalc in 6th and after tried to do calc, but couldn’t understand shit. Took two years later until 8th grade summer until it finally made sense and finished ap calc bc and calc iii
I’m taking this class because I was slotted to do honors pre calculus, then last minute my school decided to do AP precalculus instead, getting rid of honors and shifting every honors kid into AP,
@@nestorv7627 I skipped a large chunk of my bachelor's with AP and dual-enrollment credits, and I agree that AP needs to be replaced with something better. I'm lucky I was able to take dual-enrollment credits for a college I was going to enroll in
I understood nothing on the AP Test, I wasted the year lmao… my school thought it would be funny to give us this and algebra 2 in the same class. I couldn’t even tell when I was learning this or Algebra two but it didn’t matter because I was lost regardless.
as a sophomore in AP precalc i completely agree with you. it's useless. the only reason i'm taking the class is because my school stopped offering honors precalc when they introduced AP. the choice was regular or AP, so i took AP for a challenge and a GPA boost, which i'm not mad about because the class has been fairly easy for me. when we had to register for exams earlier in the year, I chose not to because it's really just stupid, at least in my situation. I knew it would be a waste of money, time, AND effort, because im taking calc next year anyway, which overrides it. so yeah, if you're planning to take AP precalc next year, think about if you REALLY want to/have a reason to take the exam...if you're taking AP calc afterwards, you for sure shouldn't.
the last unit is pointless. However the first 2 units is not a repeat of algebra 2. It is basically algebra 2 with calculus principles like concavity and ROC. Also its a free 110. Yes i have a 100 raw
I teach this course and recently graduated from college with a degree in mathematics. AP Precalc is distinct from any Precalc curriculum I have seen as it leans much more into the conceptual understanding vs rote computation. If you want to UNDERSTAND college level math (not just go through the motions and eventually hit a wall) I believe this is an excellent course to bridge the gap between a typical high school math course and college level study of mathematics.
I'm on a free/reduced lunch in my school, so I don't pay for any of the AP Exams that I take. By the end of my sophomore class, I got a 5 on my AP Calculus BC Exam, as well as a 5 on 7 other AP Exams. In my junior class, for fun I decided to take 9 AP Exams. One of them is AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism. Also, for fun, I decided to take AP Precalculus. 🙃
@@Mr.AP5 9 In one year. Overall 17 throughout three years of HS. Freshman: AP Calculus AB (our school only allows one AP Exam for the freshman year). Sophomore: AP Calculus BC. AP Physics C: Mechanics (self - studying). AP Statistics. AP Biology. AP Chemistry. AP Computer Science A. AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based (self - studying). Junior: AP Precalculus (self - studying). AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (self - studying). AP Psychology (self - studying). AP Environmental Science (self - studying). AP Computer Science Principles (self - studying). AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based (self - studying). AP Seminar. AP United States History. AP United States Government and Politics Most of the exams that I decided to self - study in the Junior year are just easier versions of the exams that I already took my sophomore year.
I decided to take it bc I need to pass enough AP exams to get the capstone diploma and since it’s a pretty easy course, I figured I should test on it, it just sucks cause barely any colleges are accepting it for a gen ed, but i’m hoping that more college will over the next few years
I'm in AP Precalc and just did my test, and honestly, it is very strange. I took it self study because our school is seriously understaffed. The only teacher licensed to teach it was too busy (although he did help me near the end to revise). It was extremely easy. However, the only reason I took it was a very specific reason. Our AP calculus teacher also teaches us what is the equivalent to an honors math class, and he says that he will NOT accept students into AP calculus next year, partially because he thinks we're not up to the task, and partially because he feels BC is not worth it and you can just take AB (Even though there is a clear difference in credit to most universities). However, with me, he negotiated that if I get a 5 on AP precalc, he might consider me. Makes sense considering the College Board website states the prerequisites are to be concurrently taking calculus and have done an honors precalculus course. If it weren't for that, I would've never even considered it. It's in a similar place to Physics 1 where it's too low level for good colleges to consider it that impactful but with the added con that it's also about 5x more obscure than that. I think most people, like me, are just taking it as a prerequisite and not for the knowledge or credit, because both are lacking.
It is hard to find schools that take this credit, but they do exist. And the only reason it’s so hard to find at the moment is because of how new the course is-many schools haven’t taken the time to update their AP credit policy. I’m sure this course will start showing up on AP credit transfer charts in the next few years because most colleges offer Precalculus courses anyway. Just like AP English grants credit for introductory English courses, Precalculus is an introductory college math course for which AP credit is now able to be used to replace it. While this video was interesting, it didn’t make sense to dog on the course when Precalculus, in essence, is literally half Algebra II, half trigonometry.
It should be easy but my teacher introduced almost all of trigonometry and regressional crap that we spent 1/2 a period on, 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE AP TEST. You also gotta memorize the unit circle and some formulas and now I might be. I’m only taking it to get to calc my counselor said I can’t skip pre calc.
at my school it's even worse, they took the regular precalc class and added the ap exam at the end, removing regular precalc and now there's ap precalc ab and ap precalc bc for some reason lmaoo
My school got rid of Honors Precalc so i was forced to take AP. Were in the first couple of lessons and im struggling. My school wont let switch out either.
No, precalc prepares one well for AP Calc BC. However, if you have to pay for yourself for the AP exam for AP precalc, take the class just for the content. Otherwise, take the exam as well. In the case where your school still offers Honors Precalc, take that instead of AP Precalc
For my school it’s either AP pre calc or honors accelerated pre calc. Hnrs accelerated lets u skip AB and go to BC directly but it’s hard so i dont wanna do it so i might just end up doing ap pre calc
Bro the AP test is completely different from the actual stuff we learned in the course. Not that it was hard, it was actually quite easy, but literally the only thing that matters is studying the specific practice problems they give us.
TBF some schools allow students to opt out of the test and I'd imagine that some teachers who struggle with teaching precalc to give a framework for teaching the content but IDK man the actual AP test just seems like hot puke lol
I think a better idea would have been to introduce something like AP Number theory or something involving higher math than calculus if they really wanted to have another math class
My school is a smaller school and we dont have an accelerated pre calculus. I’m eternally grateful I got to take AP precalc because it was the only option for my school that was harder than just regular precalc.
i'm an international student finishing my 11th grade, planning to go to college is the US. I want to study biomedical engineering major, and I thought pre-calculus and biology were my best options. I have never taken an AP class and I'm going to prepare independently for the exams to get some credit for college. What do you suggest I should do? Go try do the AB calculus exam or stick with pre calculus?
@@etefiyiaaa You should be fine to enter AB right away I think, just as long as you know your basic Algebra and memorize trig identities and unit circle as your summer work
Freshman precalc student here! I looked at more than 10 public schools within 1hr of driving distance but cannot find a single place for AP Precalculus💀Like damn I could have taken one more AP (currently prepping for AP CSP & AP Phys C)
my take: so my school combined ap precalc with algebra 2. this class, for me, isnt work heavy, but difficult. weighted, semester one I got a 92%. (my unweighted score was an 87). but, you really have to work really hard in this class. it also doesnt help that my teacher sucks. i am taking the exam purely to become more comfortable with the platform, but our first STEM exam is free. I will be taking ap calc next year, so whatever I score only goes toward awards lol
I’m not sure how this is at other schools, but my school offers Honors precalc and regular precalc. If you took honors precalc, you would go into ap Calc BC, and if you were a junior in BC, you would take multivariable your senior year. My teacher refuses to teach AP precalc because then majority of students would not be able to take multivariable calculus mixed with linear algebra.
tbh i think ap precalc is a fine class but there is no point in paying for the test however like u said it sets u up for calc and also I think the way of thinking is nice and it starts to have those mcqs where u need to like go beyond formulas and actually know what you're doing so I'm guessing that's how other aps are. I'm only taking stats rn so idk much to compare it to
(taking it) this has to be about the easiest AP class I've taken so far, so it balances with AP physics pretty well. I'm about to cook on this test today. Lightwork, no reaction.
my school signed me up for the exam for free this year because they dont got an ap precalc class and im in honors precalc as freshman (school wanted to test something out i guess) collegeboard aint taking my money this year (next year however...)
I agree that AP PreCalc is not a class to take, but our school offered the test for people in Pre-Calculus Honors so we took it. Taking AP PreCalc Exam is good practice for AP test format, and it has practically no stakes, though almost no gain either. A lot of questions on the test seemed to be mainly trigonometry and algebra 2 things, which was a bit disappointing (the algebra 2 part).
Does the school pay for the exam? If it does, wouldn't hurt to take it. AP Precalc should prepare you better for AP Calc AB/BC as well, whereas regular precalc is only good if you plan on doing regular Calc the following year
Yes. Free GPA and it introduces you to the AP curriculum. Also, probably not much harder than regular pre-calc assuming you completed Algebra 2 already. Good luck!
Those 4 units are literally what I was taught in Precalc I and II in university. They are BIG units, 1 trimester per topic if you work on a semestral basis.
Im in AP pre calc right now. I barely studied for any of our tests and pass. The only unit that's slightly challenging because its a new concept is unit 3. My teacher has not taught our class the whole year (so he's being disqualified next year) and so I've taught myself everything. So I guess I am kind of struggling. Kind of debating on wether or not Ill just fail the test in spite of his poor teaching skills haha. AND THE WAY NO COLLEGES ACCEPT THIS??? WHY EVEN TRY?
Guys I want to take AP Calc but my school is not allowing students to take AP calc without AP pre calc. What shoud I do now?? Should I just take normal precalc and calculus?
This course provides an opportunity for students who wouldn't normally get into calc AB/BC cause of their tracking. Lots of students start high school with algebra and during their senior year can't do calc ab/bc. AP Precalc allows these students to have a chance to do a "higher" lv math ap.
Well there is AP Statistics, which is more of a math elective Students can take that concurrently with an Honors Precalculus class rather than AP Precalculus because Honors Precalculus will most likely be mostly trigonometry and an expansion on algebra 2 topics rather than a repeat of algebra 2 topics.
If they want to "add more AP math", they could add discrete math. It's college-level, has almost no prereqs (maybe algebra 1, but that's it), is legitimately interesting, and still required if you're going into certain stem degrees just like calc is. They could similarly add linear algebra. American schools position calculus as the "holy grail", but that's so reductive about what math can be
Idk if the ap precalc covers series but if it did it would actually prepare students for calc(2) if it covered series and sequences and got students comfortable with series it would make these students amazing at calc 2 because many struggle in calc 2 because you never learn about series until calc 2
Next Year i’m taking AP Pre Calc, So should i take the exam or no cuz i’m pretty good at math and i’m just challenging my self but plan to take BC later.
I'm currently taking AP precalc. I took algebra II honors last year, and this year has been 90% review of that, kind of like you mentioned. I'm only taking it because my school pays for it and it'll boost my grade tbh
Don't take the test, just take the class. Ap classroom is providing a crazy resource for taking calculus in future years, just dont fall for the money trap
I just got out of the ap precalc test, and my at the very least when I open up my ap scores amid the failure that will be lang and physics 1,2, and c m at least I have the five from this test
My school legit killed our calculus 3 class by making it not worth any extra credit as it would be an “unfair advantage to gpa”. Like legit it doesnt make any sense. And then they introduced ap precalc which is worth the max amount of extra credit like that isnt an advantage.
Yes, it's kind of a money grab...although for a majority of schools in my district the tests are all payed for by the school. I would probably check to see how APs work at your school because its not really like the class is necessarily bad, could be a great GPA boost!
I have some friends that are in AP precalculus, and the program at our school is a mess. Almost everyone is failing the class, and halfway through the course the teacher went on maternity leave so now they are doing the course online without a teacher. I feel like my school just blindly accepted having the course without thinking about how to properly structure it or teach it or anything. Safe to say, I dont think anyone is going to be passing that exam.
why would they add ap precalc when they could ap multivar calc that would be a good addition to the calc lineup. so accelerated matu students could do from ninth grade to twelfth, precalc/hpc, ap calc bc (if school allows), ap mvc, and ap stats for a chill senior year. ap precalc is pointless
@@amandavaldez2462 i'm can't quite remember any specific evidence from my experience for this as a us high school student, but i agree so much with you. i just have a feeling that a lot of teachers (like at least half of them) don't really explain things anymore, they're just dispensers of assignments. like, where's the pedagogy?
I’m taking it right now and it’s OK. I wouldn’t say it’s easy but it’s manageable. I didn’t have a very good algebra 2 background fitted with the curriculum. Oh well.Hopefully I pass
crazy i just got recommended this right after i just finished the exam. i do think it is a good intro for calc, but there is no reason it should be an ap, because like u said almost no colleges accept it as credit... kinda wish i just took the class and not the exam, almost $100 just down the drain...
@@Mr.AP5 Like if you were taking AP Calculus AB or BC, would you have enough understanding of the concepts in the AP Pre-Calc class to take the test, and would it make sense to do so?
Honestly, the first half of the year was relatively easy in that class. I knew a few people that were struggling but it wasn't a lot. Might've helped that I took and passed college algebra. The second part of the year, specifically unit 3, SUCKS! I hate every second of it. Struggling hard on it. Usually I'm really good at math, getting down the concepts is easy, but the way that most of this information is taught/thrown at you is just confusing.
Precalc in general is a joke of a class. You learn complete jack shit and it doesn't help you for actual calc because like 90% of precalc courses don't actuallt get into derivatives until like the last week of the school year
in my school ap precalc switched out for accelerated precalc; don’t get me wrong precalc was somewhat helpful this year while i’m in ab calc, but an ap course? both test the same ideas, but now switched which topics are discussed in what order so for some individuals (and the teachers teaching the new course) may actively harm them; i think this change is just another way to encourage being a gpa junkie :/
cool hypothetical, but way too ridiculous to actually happen. I mean, a college level class based on the preliminary topics taught in another college level class would be such a waste of an AP exam.
Even though in the description you said this video was a joke, I think it genuinely is a money grabbing tactic After AP precalc was introduced as a course in my school, they enforced this policy that you can't jump from IM3 (integrated math 3) to AP calc AB BC Whereas in the past you were able to jump from IM3 (instead of IM3+) into AP calc AB/BC, as long as you took an entrance exam and scored decent enough So now heading into my junior year, the only possible course for me to take would be AP precalc or some other IB course (on the same level as precalculus) therefore rendering me (academically) almost an entire year behind the students who graduated before Precalc was introduced / made into a course. (Keep in mind that my school doesn't have a honors system, its either regular precalc or AP precalc, and regular precalc was cancelled due to a lack of students) I don't know if I'm in the right to say this but I feel completely fucked over Edit: the only way to get into AP calc in your junior year of highschool would be to have taken IM2+ in your freshman year of HS, and then taken IM3 in your sophomore year. The only way in which you could take those courses was to take an entrance exam and basically stress yourself out in middle school. Also we were never informed of the jump from IM3 -> AP calculus being blocked until the end of last year, which was the end of the first year that AP precalc was introduced into my school's curriculum. Not sure if I'm making any sense or not, but had I known earlier that the only way for me to take AP calculus in Junior year would be for me to start grinding in middle school, I seriously would have. It feels real bad now that there's no way at all for me to take calculus until my last year in HS.
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Fun fact. The AP test was nothing like the practice test they sent out.
Fr tho! the mc was rough
have you used any other resources?
@@diamonds.9541 Really? I felt pretty confident on the mcqs.
@@chogpamp123 for me I'm pretty confident I got a 100% on the multiple choice, but for the frqs my brain was just too tired and I probably got around a 60% on that section. Overall I think I got around a 85% which is a 5
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Taking AP Pre Calc rn, and I’m honestly struggling. Mind you I’m not the best at math, but I’m worried for the exams ngl. My teacher is one of those flipped classrooms, so it’s even harder to understand topics sometimes. Any tips for studying or tutoring sites?
Khan Academy as well as a practice AP Precalc exam I heard can be found online
the AP daily videos on the collegeboard website are actually really helpful, and they use real practice mcqs and frqs
Struggling in precalc is kind of pathetic tbh
@@Toastyy1123 everyone has different capabilities, attention spans, and learning styles, plus circumstances determine a lot. don't judge somebody like that, it's kind of pathetic tbh
@@Toastyy1123 judging a person based off of their math skill super pathetic ngl
To be fair, I'm in AP Precalc, and the 3 units are some BIG units. Like 15 topics per unit. It's similar in volume of content to other AP classes. They're just divided up differently. (I do agree that having a random 4th untested unit is stupid though)
yeah when I took precalc before it was AP there were like 14 units and from my understanding from talking to friends who are taking it right now, it's around the same content I learned last year
@@xpercade8926so its basically the exact same as highchool
@@patty3463 that is how classes with the same name works bro. Biology, Biology Honors, AP Biology, is the same stuff, just taught at a more challenging level and more in depth level.
BC has like the same amount per unit and we have 10 units 😭😭
@@erikwoods4603 How do you even fit all that in a year?
AP linear Algebra would have been better
AP Thermodynamics
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@@anonymouscheesepie3768 and AP chemistry
@@anonymouscheesepie3768 and in AP chem
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not me getting this video right after taking the test
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unpopular opinion but the good thing about AP precalc (idk if it was intentional) was that it provides a solid and STANDARDIZED base for one of the hardest APs, AP calculus. This would make students who take ap calc much more comfortable with the content. yes, the exam is a scam but students have the option to not take it. being in a precalculus class designed by the same organization that designs AP calculus is valuable to have.
That's a fair take ngl
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I disagree, I'm currently taking AP calc but I'm also assisting for AP pre calc and most of the things in AP pre calc doesn't help with calc. The main thing is the trig identities, unit circle, and other trig stuff. Other than that, a solid understanding in algebra II is enough for AP calc
My math teacher rn said that this class was actually primarily for people who AREN'T taking AP Calc. He said it was a good way for students who are behind on math/improving from a much lower skill floor to get a somewhat advanced math credit in for their senior year.
Funnily in oír sh chol, since the introduction of AP pre calc we have to take it and depending on what grade we get on it we then have the capability of taking ab or BC calc
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And that is exactly what I’m going to do. I suck at math to be in calc ab/bc
My AP calc bc teacher said this too
“Somewhat advanced math credit”
Yeah you’re not getting credit for this anywhere lmao
Sophmore AP pre-calc student here! My school actually discontinued our accelerated Pre-calc course so it was either general or AP, and I took ap because I wanted the GPA (and slight ego) boost, and man.... was that a mistake. I haven't always been the strongest in math, but I was seriously struggling in pre-calc and it didn't help that my teacher wasn't that good either!! I'm totally stressed for the AP exams but I heard that since it's the first exam they're curving the grades by A LOT, so that gives me some hope, but the practice questions are so confusing I'm still worried I won't do well on the test :((
Hang in there, you’ll do fine
I mainly took it for the gpa boost too, but it turns out that my teacher gives more bonus points and curves for calc ab so I might’ve actually had a higher grade if I just skipped precal
Lmao get destroyed
@@hydropage2855bruh
i bet we go to the same school LOL
It’s kinda insane how the first two units are Algebra 2 copy and paste. But you get to the trig unit and suddenly we’re moving at rabbit pace and it’s so much info crammed at once. I failed my very first test in highschool due to this class, but luckily test corrections came for the win
u described the units perfectly thats how i feel too😭
...That is precalculus on a whole. Maybe you might learn a bit on limits but most of the time precalc is going to be a modified version of algebra II.
You want it to be that way, trust me when I say that 1 year of algebra II isn't really enough to master calculus. Everyone that took the accelerated alg II course at my school which let you skip precalc is struggling hard in IB Maths and AP Calc.
@@omarfish8940 i think the algebra 2 parts are necessary i just wish more time was dedicated to the trig parts because it feels misleading to cram the trig section into all of unit 3
precalculus (as a concept) is legit a waste of time
1) the whole first half of the course is in fact cut and paste Algebra 2
2) nothing you use in precalculus is ever used in calculus
3) if anything, the topics of interest at all, if ever is trig inverses, conic sections, polar, parametric and matrices but that can all be done fairly short amount of time like 5 months
@@duckymomo7935 If you end up using nothing from precalc then that's an indication that you probably need to retake precalc lol.
Precalc is arguably the 2nd most important maths course in HS, only behind Algebra II.
The one year you get for learning the content of algebra II is not nearly long enough to get a mastery over algebra skills, especially as time goes on and you plan on taking more and more advanced subjects.
Tbh I regretted not taking precalc and skipping to calc. I have significantly less algebraic reasoning in comparison to most of my ODE class and it sucks.
Just to add my two cents, I attend a charter school in which any fees for AP Exams are covered by the school (which im so glad). I’m a sophomore, and I would’ve taken Honors Precalculus, but luckily, the AP came out, so thats a plus for me. As for the rigor, it’s definitely an easier AP, especially for me with my prior Algebra 2 knowledge the year before. So in my experience, I don’t have much reason to hate it, especially since the teacher is preparing us so well. I can see why it’s not liked though, it’s a joke.
basis lol?
Lolll, I'm from basis too XD
My school pays for AP exams thankfully, and the only reason I’d rather take AP Pre-calc next year instead of regular is because I started learning ahead in November, and given my current pace I’ll have self-learned Pre-Calc and most of Calculus AB. So AP will give me hopefully at least a bit more of a challenge and additional knowledge!
just took the AP precalc test. it was very easy! in my school district AP exams are free, and i think APPC will prepare me for Ap Calc ABBC next year
another reason some people don’t know, more students at least at my high school, have been opting for classes at the junior college which offer legitimate college credit compared to college credit that relates to a test score. My high school has now set a limit on how many college classes someone can take.
Ah, AP Precalc. A class that helped my school district completely gut the math curriculum. Our school starts late in the year, so we can't do all of BC calc before the test; thus, our math teacher had Honors Pre Calc w/ Derivatives (most of Calc A) to bridge the gap to BC, and normal precalc for those going into AB. After AP Precalculus was summoned from the unholy realm of profit motivated business decisions, our school district forced the teacher to cut HPC w/ D so they could replace it with AP PC, which means our school district has effectively killed BC, lowered the quality of math education available, and made it impossible to go into calc without shelling out exhorbitant test fees twice. Truly one of the classes of all time.
why would they cut hpc... ap precalc bridges the gap before unit 1 of ab/bc so if your school replaced normal pc instead of hpc, the math progression should be fine
@@sdf_96 Because AP precalc sounds harder than normal precalc, so they figured it was probably about the same as honors precalc and decided to cut that instead. My math teacher has also been an outspoken critic of several of the school districts other poor decisions, so they also just don't like him.
@@tandemdwarf745 your school district needs to go to school
When does your school start?
@@sirk603 Our school starts on whatever the first Monday from September 7th to 14th is
my teacher was a living robot, so monotone and even he thought it was a waste. our 1st semester actually was tests and units from accel precalc
ap precal is so hard 😭😭😭 like i did amazing in the class but the actual ap style questions are so hard and i don't know what its asking. Also my state covers 3 AP classes that are math, science, or language. So it doesn't cost me anything
Wait until you do ap physics actual hell
@@SomuaSomualol ap physics 1 isn’t too bad for me so far but can’t say anything about ap physics 2 next year (i take it along with ib physics sl)
@@anonymouscheesepie3768 yeah I’m in it right now so far I’m on track to get a 4 I don’t know about a 5 though
@@SomuaSomua good luck man, i think you can get a 5! just put in the work and try your hardest to truly understand the concepts
also, a fundamental calculus understanding really does help with ap physics 1 and 2, even if they are algebraic courses… i can’t tell you how many times i’ve done a normally difficult graph question in 10 seconds just by using calculus principles, lol
@@anonymouscheesepie3768 yeah I’ve noticed stuff about graphs like force vs time the area under the slope gives you change in momentum
Junior ap pre calc student here, 97 in the class and don’t find the class that hard… it’s just memory and constant learning to understand complex questions. Tips for any struggling students before the test is flash cards, UA-cam, khan academy, and college board resources!
That last frq was a pain bro 😭😭
Honestly, it’s pretty good for schools like mine which are very strict and controlling when it comes to APs. They try to ensure each students takes the least possible APs for our “mental health.” This means that for me, I am not allowed to take AP math until junior year, and even then AP Precalc is the only AP available to me. Before, the hardest math class I would have been allowed to take in my junior year was Honors Math 3, and I would have only been able to take AP Calc my senior year if I had achieved a good grade in HM3. If nothing else, the class will probably give me a GPA boost when I take it.
Very interesting
ig i'm just the one who isn't benefitting from ap precalc as a "mental health" course tbh. I was getting really good grades in my previous math classes. The AP Precalc content just DOESN'T click for me lmao or maybe it's the way my teacher grades.
Enrolled in AP precalc, saw it was algebra 2 all over again, decided to fail a quiz on purpose in order to be placed into regular pre-calc. Now I'm here learning the actual course itself. All I gotta say is, I've learned so much more taking regular instead. 😅
I took Honors pre-calc last year as an 8th grader, and lots of my fellow freshmen are now taking AP pre-calc simply for the GPA weight while I'm in Calc AB. According to them, it's really easy.
I’m a freshman, do you think AP Precalc would look better than honors Precalc to colleges?
I mean the harder the course the more impressive (to most colleges) but honestly if you still continued on to take AP Calc BC and dual enrollment math classes, it probably wouldn't matter too much. If that was your last year of high school then maybe it would matter a tiny bit.
This lack of preparation could be nothing further from the truth. I self learned precalc in 6th and after tried to do calc, but couldn’t understand shit. Took two years later until 8th grade summer until it finally made sense and finished ap calc bc and calc iii
I’m taking this class because I was slotted to do honors pre calculus, then last minute my school decided to do AP precalculus instead, getting rid of honors and shifting every honors kid into AP,
Honestly APs should be discontinued , they are way too specific and not very important anymore
Purpose of the channel would die off 🥺
@@Mr.AP5APs are now reintroduced, Mr ap has been saved once again 😂😂
@@LHHELPS Hooray! 😅
Nah. I skipped a whole year of Uni thanks to AP courses
@@nestorv7627 I skipped a large chunk of my bachelor's with AP and dual-enrollment credits, and I agree that AP needs to be replaced with something better. I'm lucky I was able to take dual-enrollment credits for a college I was going to enroll in
I understood nothing on the AP Test, I wasted the year lmao… my school thought it would be funny to give us this and algebra 2 in the same class. I couldn’t even tell when I was learning this or Algebra two but it didn’t matter because I was lost regardless.
My school’s version of AP Pre Calculus is Intro to Calculus
There should be AP Linear Algebra or AP Discrete Math instead. Or AP College Geometry maybe.
as a sophomore in AP precalc i completely agree with you. it's useless. the only reason i'm taking the class is because my school stopped offering honors precalc when they introduced AP. the choice was regular or AP, so i took AP for a challenge and a GPA boost, which i'm not mad about because the class has been fairly easy for me.
when we had to register for exams earlier in the year, I chose not to because it's really just stupid, at least in my situation. I knew it would be a waste of money, time, AND effort, because im taking calc next year anyway, which overrides it.
so yeah, if you're planning to take AP precalc next year, think about if you REALLY want to/have a reason to take the exam...if you're taking AP calc afterwards, you for sure shouldn't.
the last unit is pointless.
However the first 2 units is not a repeat of algebra 2. It is basically algebra 2 with calculus principles like concavity and ROC. Also its a free 110. Yes i have a 100 raw
The reason the FRQ/MCQ split is like that is because each question, regardless of if it’s MCQ or FRQ is worth 1 point.
Also it's not that random, it's a 5:3 split
I teach this course and recently graduated from college with a degree in mathematics. AP Precalc is distinct from any Precalc curriculum I have seen as it leans much more into the conceptual understanding vs rote computation. If you want to UNDERSTAND college level math (not just go through the motions and eventually hit a wall) I believe this is an excellent course to bridge the gap between a typical high school math course and college level study of mathematics.
I'm on a free/reduced lunch in my school, so I don't pay for any of the AP Exams that I take. By the end of my sophomore class, I got a 5 on my AP Calculus BC Exam, as well as a 5 on 7 other AP Exams. In my junior class, for fun I decided to take 9 AP Exams. One of them is AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism. Also, for fun, I decided to take AP Precalculus. 🙃
9 total AP exams throughout highschool or 9 in one year???
@@Mr.AP5 9 In one year. Overall 17 throughout three years of HS.
Freshman:
AP Calculus AB (our school only allows one AP Exam for the freshman year).
Sophomore:
AP Calculus BC.
AP Physics C: Mechanics (self - studying).
AP Statistics.
AP Biology.
AP Chemistry.
AP Computer Science A.
AP Physics 1: Algebra-Based (self - studying).
Junior:
AP Precalculus (self - studying).
AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (self - studying).
AP Psychology (self - studying).
AP Environmental Science (self - studying).
AP Computer Science Principles (self - studying).
AP Physics 2: Algebra-Based (self - studying).
AP Seminar.
AP United States History.
AP United States Government and Politics
Most of the exams that I decided to self - study in the Junior year are just easier versions of the exams that I already took my sophomore year.
@@michael_kek Bro should be Mr. AP, no shot 💀
@@Mr.AP5 I suppose I also self - studied AP Precalculus. 💀 Not really "studied" though. 💀
I took dual enrollment and I'm glad I did. I avoided the stress of worrying about another exam this week
I decided to take it bc I need to pass enough AP exams to get the capstone diploma and since it’s a pretty easy course, I figured I should test on it, it just sucks cause barely any colleges are accepting it for a gen ed, but i’m hoping that more college will over the next few years
Fair enough
I'm in AP Precalc and just did my test, and honestly, it is very strange. I took it self study because our school is seriously understaffed. The only teacher licensed to teach it was too busy (although he did help me near the end to revise). It was extremely easy. However, the only reason I took it was a very specific reason. Our AP calculus teacher also teaches us what is the equivalent to an honors math class, and he says that he will NOT accept students into AP calculus next year, partially because he thinks we're not up to the task, and partially because he feels BC is not worth it and you can just take AB (Even though there is a clear difference in credit to most universities).
However, with me, he negotiated that if I get a 5 on AP precalc, he might consider me. Makes sense considering the College Board website states the prerequisites are to be concurrently taking calculus and have done an honors precalculus course. If it weren't for that, I would've never even considered it. It's in a similar place to Physics 1 where it's too low level for good colleges to consider it that impactful but with the added con that it's also about 5x more obscure than that. I think most people, like me, are just taking it as a prerequisite and not for the knowledge or credit, because both are lacking.
It is hard to find schools that take this credit, but they do exist. And the only reason it’s so hard to find at the moment is because of how new the course is-many schools haven’t taken the time to update their AP credit policy. I’m sure this course will start showing up on AP credit transfer charts in the next few years because most colleges offer Precalculus courses anyway. Just like AP English grants credit for introductory English courses, Precalculus is an introductory college math course for which AP credit is now able to be used to replace it. While this video was interesting, it didn’t make sense to dog on the course when Precalculus, in essence, is literally half Algebra II, half trigonometry.
It should be easy but my teacher introduced almost all of trigonometry and regressional crap that we spent 1/2 a period on, 2 WEEKS BEFORE THE AP TEST. You also gotta memorize the unit circle and some formulas and now I might be. I’m only taking it to get to calc my counselor said I can’t skip pre calc.
@Mr. AP so it sounds like AP Precalculus is different from Calculus AB or Calculus BC, is this correct?
@@freedomwealthnow Very much so
They should add AP Multivariable Calculus
at my school it's even worse, they took the regular precalc class and added the ap exam at the end, removing regular precalc and now there's ap precalc ab and ap precalc bc for some reason lmaoo
Not really ! Some high schools have restrictions in place that require students to complete AP Pre-calculus before moving on to AP calculus AB/BC
My school got rid of Honors Precalc so i was forced to take AP. Were in the first couple of lessons and im struggling. My school wont let switch out either.
Soo I should skip pre calc and go to calc bc after algebra II
No, precalc prepares one well for AP Calc BC. However, if you have to pay for yourself for the AP exam for AP precalc, take the class just for the content. Otherwise, take the exam as well. In the case where your school still offers Honors Precalc, take that instead of AP Precalc
For my school it’s either AP pre calc or honors accelerated pre calc. Hnrs accelerated lets u skip AB and go to BC directly but it’s hard so i dont wanna do it so i might just end up doing ap pre calc
Bro the AP test is completely different from the actual stuff we learned in the course. Not that it was hard, it was actually quite easy, but literally the only thing that matters is studying the specific practice problems they give us.
TBF some schools allow students to opt out of the test and I'd imagine that some teachers who struggle with teaching precalc to give a framework for teaching the content but IDK man the actual AP test just seems like hot puke lol
I think a better idea would have been to introduce something like AP Number theory or something involving higher math than calculus if they really wanted to have another math class
My school is a smaller school and we dont have an accelerated pre calculus. I’m eternally grateful I got to take AP precalc because it was the only option for my school that was harder than just regular precalc.
i'm an international student finishing my 11th grade, planning to go to college is the US. I want to study biomedical engineering major, and I thought pre-calculus and biology were my best options. I have never taken an AP class and I'm going to prepare independently for the exams to get some credit for college. What do you suggest I should do? Go try do the AB calculus exam or stick with pre calculus?
@@etefiyiaaa You should be fine to enter AB right away I think, just as long as you know your basic Algebra and memorize trig identities and unit circle as your summer work
Freshman precalc student here! I looked at more than 10 public schools within 1hr of driving distance but cannot find a single place for AP Precalculus💀Like damn I could have taken one more AP (currently prepping for AP CSP & AP Phys C)
physics C freshman year???
@@Mr.AP5 lol yes hard life
@@mintylemon66 good luck
my take:
so my school combined ap precalc with algebra 2. this class, for me, isnt work heavy, but difficult. weighted, semester one I got a 92%. (my unweighted score was an 87). but, you really have to work really hard in this class. it also doesnt help that my teacher sucks. i am taking the exam purely to become more comfortable with the platform, but our first STEM exam is free. I will be taking ap calc next year, so whatever I score only goes toward awards lol
Oh dang. Well, good luck. Let us know how it goes in next several months
@@Mr.AP5 of course!! ill let you know :)
Aint no way new Mr.AP vid dropped before carti album
Yessir, keeping up with our biweekly schedule fr
Nah I’m waiting for yeat drop
I’m not sure how this is at other schools, but my school offers Honors precalc and regular precalc. If you took honors precalc, you would go into ap Calc BC, and if you were a junior in BC, you would take multivariable your senior year. My teacher refuses to teach AP precalc because then majority of students would not be able to take multivariable calculus mixed with linear algebra.
tbh i think ap precalc is a fine class but there is no point in paying for the test however like u said it sets u up for calc and also I think the way of thinking is nice and it starts to have those mcqs where u need to like go beyond formulas and actually know what you're doing so I'm guessing that's how other aps are. I'm only taking stats rn so idk much to compare it to
(taking it) this has to be about the easiest AP class I've taken so far, so it balances with AP physics pretty well. I'm about to cook on this test today. Lightwork, no reaction.
my school signed me up for the exam for free this year because they dont got an ap precalc class and im in honors precalc as freshman (school wanted to test something out i guess)
collegeboard aint taking my money this year (next year however...)
i finished the test like 2 hours ago and im not gonna lie that class did not need to be an ap
So does it really matter if I pass the exam?
I agree that AP PreCalc is not a class to take, but our school offered the test for people in Pre-Calculus Honors so we took it. Taking AP PreCalc Exam is good practice for AP test format, and it has practically no stakes, though almost no gain either. A lot of questions on the test seemed to be mainly trigonometry and algebra 2 things, which was a bit disappointing (the algebra 2 part).
My school offers AP precalculus and regular precalculus. Should I just take AP next year for the GPA boost but not the exam?
Does the school pay for the exam? If it does, wouldn't hurt to take it. AP Precalc should prepare you better for AP Calc AB/BC as well, whereas regular precalc is only good if you plan on doing regular Calc the following year
Yes. Free GPA and it introduces you to the AP curriculum. Also, probably not much harder than regular pre-calc assuming you completed Algebra 2 already. Good luck!
College Board try not to be greedy and corrupt challange: (impossible)
My school pays for it 🤷🏻♂️
Same
Same
No way
Bruh why not do ap linear algebra or ap calc CD
Those 4 units are literally what I was taught in Precalc I and II in university. They are BIG units, 1 trimester per topic if you work on a semestral basis.
Im in AP pre calc right now. I barely studied for any of our tests and pass. The only unit that's slightly challenging because its a new concept is unit 3. My teacher has not taught our class the whole year (so he's being disqualified next year) and so I've taught myself everything. So I guess I am kind of struggling. Kind of debating on wether or not Ill just fail the test in spite of his poor teaching skills haha. AND THE WAY NO COLLEGES ACCEPT THIS??? WHY EVEN TRY?
Guys I want to take AP Calc but my school is not allowing students to take AP calc without AP pre calc. What shoud I do now?? Should I just take normal precalc and calculus?
nah just take AP Precalc but don't pay for the exam, course still prepares you well for BC
I'm going into my soph year and I'm gonna be taking this as well as 2 other APs, am I screwed?
@@mayenx2 Not at all
I’m legit worried because my Ap Precalc teacher skipped unit 4 and I feel as if it will be the most important for taking calculus.
This course provides an opportunity for students who wouldn't normally get into calc AB/BC cause of their tracking. Lots of students start high school with algebra and during their senior year can't do calc ab/bc. AP Precalc allows these students to have a chance to do a "higher" lv math ap.
Fair
Well there is AP Statistics, which is more of a math elective Students can take that concurrently with an Honors Precalculus class rather than AP Precalculus because Honors Precalculus will most likely be mostly trigonometry and an expansion on algebra 2 topics rather than a repeat of algebra 2 topics.
Hey how could you find how many colleges except some certain aps
Just lookup “Colleges excepting (AP Class Name) credit”
ive been preforming fairly well in the class but since spring break we started to study for the exam and i completly forgot everything 😓
If they want to "add more AP math", they could add discrete math. It's college-level, has almost no prereqs (maybe algebra 1, but that's it), is legitimately interesting, and still required if you're going into certain stem degrees just like calc is. They could similarly add linear algebra. American schools position calculus as the "holy grail", but that's so reductive about what math can be
wait why is it a negative thing that it's easy? As an AP Precalc student; I'm stoked!
My school district has precalculus as a prerequisite for AP-Calculus AB/BC, which is honestly pretty cringe
Idk if the ap precalc covers series but if it did it would actually prepare students for calc(2) if it covered series and sequences and got students comfortable with series it would make these students amazing at calc 2 because many struggle in calc 2 because you never learn about series until calc 2
ITS SO EASY MAN FREEST 4-5 EVER LOL
ap pre calc was easy for you ? i take it next year that’s why i’m asking
@@headphones9666it’s only easy if you study hard!!
nah i got fucked because my teacher didn’t teach us and then left 4th quarter before the exam. idk how to do this stuff at all. my exam is in 2 weeks.
lol same my man I’m taking it on the 10th 😭😭😭
Next Year i’m taking AP Pre Calc, So should i take the exam or no cuz i’m pretty good at math and i’m just challenging my self but plan to take BC later.
don't bother
@@Mr.AP5 Alr thanks
I'm currently taking AP precalc. I took algebra II honors last year, and this year has been 90% review of that, kind of like you mentioned. I'm only taking it because my school pays for it and it'll boost my grade tbh
fair reasons to take it
Don't take the test, just take the class. Ap classroom is providing a crazy resource for taking calculus in future years, just dont fall for the money trap
I just got out of the ap precalc test, and my at the very least when I open up my ap scores amid the failure that will be lang and physics 1,2, and c m at least I have the five from this test
I was gonna take accelerated pre-calculus but my school changed it to AP Precalculus so now I’m in the class
My school legit killed our calculus 3 class by making it not worth any extra credit as it would be an “unfair advantage to gpa”. Like legit it doesnt make any sense. And then they introduced ap precalc which is worth the max amount of extra credit like that isnt an advantage.
Yes, it's kind of a money grab...although for a majority of schools in my district the tests are all payed for by the school. I would probably check to see how APs work at your school because its not really like the class is necessarily bad, could be a great GPA boost!
I have some friends that are in AP precalculus, and the program at our school is a mess. Almost everyone is failing the class, and halfway through the course the teacher went on maternity leave so now they are doing the course online without a teacher. I feel like my school just blindly accepted having the course without thinking about how to properly structure it or teach it or anything. Safe to say, I dont think anyone is going to be passing that exam.
Yikes.
Why not AP linear algebra or AP Calc 3
real
why would they add ap precalc when they could ap multivar calc that would be a good addition to the calc lineup. so accelerated matu students could do from ninth grade to twelfth, precalc/hpc, ap calc bc (if school allows), ap mvc, and ap stats for a chill senior year. ap precalc is pointless
taking the class next year, heard the teacher sucks at my school and many kids are struggling. I'm gonna self learn the topic in the summer
All teachers suck now.
@@amandavaldez2462 i'm can't quite remember any specific evidence from my experience for this as a us high school student, but i agree so much with you. i just have a feeling that a lot of teachers (like at least half of them) don't really explain things anymore, they're just dispensers of assignments. like, where's the pedagogy?
shiv vsg?
I’m taking it right now and it’s OK. I wouldn’t say it’s easy but it’s manageable. I didn’t have a very good algebra 2 background fitted with the curriculum. Oh well.Hopefully I pass
Good luck, you should be fine to be honest 👍
crazy i just got recommended this right after i just finished the exam. i do think it is a good intro for calc, but there is no reason it should be an ap, because like u said almost no colleges accept it as credit... kinda wish i just took the class and not the exam, almost $100 just down the drain...
Would it make sense to take the test for this class independently while also taking AP calculus AB/BC?
concurrently? don't see the logic
@@Mr.AP5 Like if you were taking AP Calculus AB or BC, would you have enough understanding of the concepts in the AP Pre-Calc class to take the test, and would it make sense to do so?
@ninjahotdog9036 Partially. Some stuff in Precalc is not taught in calculus classes. Taking the AP Precalc exam would not make any sense to do so
Honestly, the first half of the year was relatively easy in that class. I knew a few people that were struggling but it wasn't a lot. Might've helped that I took and passed college algebra. The second part of the year, specifically unit 3, SUCKS! I hate every second of it. Struggling hard on it. Usually I'm really good at math, getting down the concepts is easy, but the way that most of this information is taught/thrown at you is just confusing.
I just put 3.14 as my answer for almost every question in the frq lol
💀
Precalc in general is a joke of a class. You learn complete jack shit and it doesn't help you for actual calc because like 90% of precalc courses don't actuallt get into derivatives until like the last week of the school year
well my school doesnt even have ap calc nor does it have any ap physics so i was like screw it ap precalc
in my school ap precalc switched out for accelerated precalc; don’t get me wrong precalc was somewhat helpful this year while i’m in ab calc, but an ap course? both test the same ideas, but now switched which topics are discussed in what order so for some individuals (and the teachers teaching the new course) may actively harm them; i think this change is just another way to encourage being a gpa junkie :/
cool hypothetical, but way too ridiculous to actually happen. I mean, a college level class based on the preliminary topics taught in another college level class would be such a waste of an AP exam.
And yet it exists
Even though in the description you said this video was a joke, I think it genuinely is a money grabbing tactic
After AP precalc was introduced as a course in my school, they enforced this policy that you can't jump from IM3 (integrated math 3) to AP calc AB BC
Whereas in the past you were able to jump from IM3 (instead of IM3+) into AP calc AB/BC, as long as you took an entrance exam and scored decent enough
So now heading into my junior year, the only possible course for me to take would be AP precalc or some other IB course (on the same level as precalculus) therefore rendering me (academically) almost an entire year behind the students who graduated before Precalc was introduced / made into a course.
(Keep in mind that my school doesn't have a honors system, its either regular precalc or AP precalc, and regular precalc was cancelled due to a lack of students)
I don't know if I'm in the right to say this but I feel completely fucked over
Edit: the only way to get into AP calc in your junior year of highschool would be to have taken IM2+ in your freshman year of HS, and then taken IM3 in your sophomore year. The only way in which you could take those courses was to take an entrance exam and basically stress yourself out in middle school. Also we were never informed of the jump from IM3 -> AP calculus being blocked until the end of last year, which was the end of the first year that AP precalc was introduced into my school's curriculum.
Not sure if I'm making any sense or not, but had I known earlier that the only way for me to take AP calculus in Junior year would be for me to start grinding in middle school, I seriously would have. It feels real bad now that there's no way at all for me to take calculus until my last year in HS.