anyone taken calculus and passed in high school?

[SCSIfreek]

passed in HS. Took the damn AP exam as well. passed. Word of advice, attend class and do your homework.


--Scsi

 

[Zenmervolt]

Aced AP Calc in HS, breezed through Calc One in college, then had my arse kicked by differential equations in Calc Two. But now that I'm a business major, I don't need to know anything beyond integration and differentiation. Life is once again easy.

ZV

 

[Ns1]

<< got through calc 2 and statistics in high school >>



calc2 in HS?!??!!?

wuh duh fuh

 

[Jzero]

Your teacher probably sucks. I barely got a C in my HS AP calc class. The teacher wrote terrible tests where she constantly featured the exception to the rules she taught in class....the tests seemed to be more about seeing if you were on your guard, not if you learned anything.
I got a 4 on the AP test. She really felt like an idiot after that--I clearly learned SOMETHING if I did that well.
Took Calc I in college and easily got an A--the teacher I had was a decent teacher and wrote decent exams. In my school, Calc I was roughly half of AP Calc (they stop at antiderivatives)
I had to drop Calc II in college after getting a D on the first exam which was nothing more than a review on antidifferentiation and a little bit of integrals. No volume or any of the remotely challenging stuff, which I already know.
As usual, the teacher is crap and is one of the most poorly rated teachers in the entire faculty.
Retook Calc II with a competent teacher and, again, got an A.

So if I in my school AP Calc was equivalent to Calc I and Calc II, how did I get a 4 on the AP test, an A in Calc I, and an A in Calc II, yet got a C in AP Calc and D on the first exam in Calc II the first time?
Last time I checked, Calculus has not changed significantly in the last few centuries, let alone 1 year.
There's only one variable--the teachers. Getting grades is about playing the game, not about learning anything.

 

[Mday]

i got a 5 on the AP BC exam. did not have to take calc1 or calc2 =D

anyway, it does not matter how well you do in the class, it matters what you get on the AP test.

it was 5 years ago for me... i also did differential equations and multivariable calculus in high school =D

 

[saltedeggman]

wohoo....i got a B, but was hoping for an A

 

[arcain]

I got a 5 on the Calculus AB test my Junior year. I got a 5 on the Calculus BC test my Senior year. I minored in math in college.

 

[RSI]

I'm taking a simple algebra & trig course right now in my second semester at John Abbott College... I went to my girlfriend's Calculus II class a couple days ago. Wow! That was a long hour and a half! There was a quiz, too. :Q Towards the end of the class though, I started to catch on, things began to make sense.

I really don't think calculus is any more of a big deal than any of the other classes you took or are taking. People make a big deal about it for nothing. Why is it so surprising that you're expected to work in college? Sheesh. Just listen in class and do a bit of homework and you should get a good mark!

-RSI

 

I'm taking AP calc AB right now - just had our final (A+), and I've got a B+ in the class.

Go Mike, it's your birthday...

Oh yeah, and to those who said BC is a cinch - i hate you .

Mike

 

[lawaris]

<< I am taking it and i am NOT doing good... >>



go back to the basics and then again.....don't memorise ...try to imagine what is happening ...

once u get a hang of that ! - u will find it easy.

I had the same problem but now it is just like 1,2,3,4,5,...........to me ...........

 

[Martin]

Just had my OAC Calculus exam (OAC = AP) on monday. One of the easiest and most enjoyable math courses I've ever taken

Was getting 94% before exam.

 

[TrueBlueLS]

I passed the first semester, does that count? I can't say the whole thing cause I started slacking in the second semester and used it as my "nap hour."

 

[silverpig]

I started AP calc in grade 12 and didn't do well the first part of the course. I had one test on implicit differentiaton which I scored a 40% on. I was getting about 70% on all my other tests because I didn't understand it. I then got a second approach from my other math teacher, and he showed me a different way of looking at things. I re-took that implicit differentiation test, and finished it in 1/4 of the time it took me the first time, and got 100% on it. All my scores from then on were about 95%.

It's just a different kind of math, and you just have to get used to it. Once you do, it's simple.

 

[gogeeta13]

<< Heh.. you guys are making me feel like an idiot. I ended up taking what we called "pre-calculus" in HS, and took the full calculus course my first year in college. After that I took differential equations.. Funny thing is that now, over 10 years later, I don't think I could factor a quadratic to save my life >>




i factored quads in algebra in 7th grade..where'd you grow up in? The boonies?

(btw, I went to the #1 public school system in ohio, Solon)

 

[goob2k]

Senior in HS taking AP Calculus. I got a 95% last semester.

 

[Praetor]

Took that and Diff Eq when I was in HS. Cake work.

(of course, don't ask me to do any of it NOW since I don't use it, but in HS, no prob.)

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Yeah, two of my best friends did, but they're away at the moment. Stinking Navy!

Nik

 

[TheVrolok]

<-- Junior in High School, I have a 97% so far for the first semester in AP Calc.

 

[DannyLove]

i passed it with B's

 

[FrogDog]

I start this class (or a class similar to it anyways) on Monday. I hope I do well! I just finished first semester at my HS. I got an 81 in Pre-Calculas. Now onto Calculas...

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

I took OAC Calculus...got a 98% on the exam, ended up with final mark of 95%.

Got owned in OAC Algebra & Geometry though, my mark dropped from 96% to a 94%. Messed up on the exam. My friends got 99% on the exam dammit! I'm only pissed cause I worked really hard for it and didn't get the mark I hoped for.

 

[cchen]

<< I am taking it and i am NOT doing good... >>



good -> should be well

anyway
don't worry
i took it last year as a junior
nothing too difficult, maybe volume
just study and get help when you need it
first semester should be a breeze

 

[PsychoAndy]

Ugh, factoring is suck.

I dunno what class to take next year (i'm in Algebra 2). I can take Advanced Topics in Math (Precalc), Precalc (Precalc Honors), or AP AB Calc. I'm thinking about jumping head first into AP, but i'm scarrrrrred....doh

 

[jaydee]

84 1st quarter, 65 2nd. So it's really not that hard if you do homework and study? I just figured on taking it in college anyway, so I really don't do any work for it, just cover the bases before digging in next year. Mabey I should start doing work?

 

[erub]

i made a B+ first quarter, B second quarter, A on the final, so I got a B+ first semester...its not too bad, my problem is that I fully grasp the stuff after we get the tests back, hehe. This quarter I have a low A. Senior taking AB, btw. I'm planning on retaknig it again in college anyways, I'll need an easy class.