With regard to getting ahead of the syllabus, you can try to get something like an AP review book (e.g. There's really no point in taking both, and AB is usually taken by seniors who don't feel ready for BC or won't need to go beyond Calc 1 in college. For people who are particularly inclined to math and science, there's really no point in taking both, since if you take AB then the first half of BC will be very repetitive and basic, and colleges are rarely going to give you credit for both scores (since the classes they replace would also be redundant).īasically, my advice is that if you feel you can handle the workload, it sounds like you should go straight into BC. AB and BC actually cover a lot of the same material at the start BC just moves a lot more quickly, and by the end it encompasses what's basically two full college courses instead of just one. If you feel able to handle the workload of all of those AP classes, then the difference between AB and BC might not be as huge as you think.

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