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Fun fact. The AP test was nothing like the practice test they sent out.

AP linear Algebra would have been better

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)

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.

not me getting this video right after taking the test

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 :((

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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

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.

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.

That last frq was a pain bro 😭😭

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

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.

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, KZfaq, khan academy, and college board resources!

There should be AP Linear Algebra or AP Discrete Math instead. Or AP College Geometry maybe.

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,

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.

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

My school pays for it 🤷🏻‍♂️

They should add AP Multivariable Calculus

I took dual enrollment and I'm glad I did. I avoided the stress of worrying about another exam this week

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

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.

ive been preforming fairly well in the class but since spring break we started to study for the exam and i completly forgot everything 😓

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.

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

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 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

My school’s version of AP Pre Calculus is Intro to Calculus

Sophomore and juniors are taking Ap pre calculus in our school ONLY bc our school replaced Advanced pre cal with ap pre cal this year Took pre cal over the summer before starting my senior year this year (and wished I didn’t back out from taking ap cal bc and taking general calc 😭) Anyways when I show my notes to my sophomore and junior friends they said they ain’t even learning 90% of what I learned in pre cal over the summer in that month I took pre cal

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 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).

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

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)

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

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. 🙃

College Board try not to be greedy and corrupt challange: (impossible)

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.

i didnt even know ap precalculus exists until a few days ago when i saw my school offers the exam lmao 😭 ive heard ppl say its the same as the other precalc classes here too so idk why anyone at least at my school would take it since we pay our own exam fees

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.

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.

I was gonna take accelerated pre-calculus but my school changed it to AP Precalculus so now I’m in the class

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!

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?

wish they had a linear algebra class or multivariable course

Honestly APs should be discontinued , they are way too specific and not very important anymore

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

It’s a good class to self study because it lets you go from algebra 2 straight to calculus if you self study it when ur taking algebra 2

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

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?

So does it really matter if I pass the exam?

(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.

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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.

Aint no way new Mr.AP vid dropped before carti album

i finished the test like 2 hours ago and im not gonna lie that class did not need to be an ap

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 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.

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

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

Honestly, idk about your schools but at my school this class is really hard, our avg are around 70-75% without curves. Especially the polar unit our avg was a 65%!!!! 😭 Everybody else seems to be finding this course easy so maybe my school just sucks at math, but compared to the other AP classes Ive taken this is not at all "free" or "easy"

I'm so glad my school offers algebra2/precalc honors

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

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.

My friend is taking it and I think it's so dumb (we're both in AP chem but I'm in Hon. Precalc). People literally say the honors course is harder 😭😭. But in her defense, she's trying to boost her weighted GPA and our school covers the cost of AP exams

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...

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.

My school pays for my exams. Would've been the freest AP ever if I was able to take it last year. I basically already knew all of Pre-Cal content already when I took Honors Pre-Cal last year.

ITS SO EASY MAN FREEST 4-5 EVER LOL

I’m taking AP pre calc and it’s pretty easy but the 3 units are very big so that’s why there’s only 3 and some of the stuff in the first 2 units isn’t algebra 2 so it’s an okay class ig

only reason to take it is the gpa bump in sophomore year

well, Im going into AP Precalc (I'm talking about my experiences) mainly because of hs credit, if i didnt take AP Precalc i'd have to take 2 extra years of math until i could go to AP Calc ab, i dont know about other schools, but i think based off of freinds in other schools its for hs credit.

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

taking it rn. Exam tomorrow 💀💀💀 overall its not that bad though. There's a decent bit to memorize (my algebra 2 teacher was bad so i pretty much learned everything in precalc) such as trig identities, rules of different things, etc., but if you actually just pay attention in class and practice content every now and then, you should be fine. Unless you don't do the homework (my teacher makes it optional). But he teaches well, so I'll DEFINITELY pass. Not a guaranteed 5, but I will not fail, pretty much no matter what, unless the entire test is trig identities and VA/HA/Hole rules (i forgot them).

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.

Our school forces this as a prerequisite for AP calculus

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.

My school offers AP precalculus and regular precalculus. Should I just take AP next year for the GPA boost but not the exam?

Would it make sense to take the test for this class independently while also taking AP calculus AB/BC?

The AP Precalc Course and Exam is ridiculously harder than just Precalculus 💀

Soo I should skip pre calc and go to calc bc after algebra II

I’m taking it next year as a junior because my school is queer and got rid of honors precalc and replaced it with AP, but ig it’s okay since multipliers are yummy

Why did they add this meme class when AP multivariable calc still isn't a thing?

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.

This exam is actually so useless for me because I'm taking AP Calc next year. I'm gonna focus on my other APs for week 2 instead of this exam lol.

My school requires the ap test for advanced pre-calculus

wait why is it a negative thing that it's easy? As an AP Precalc student; I'm stoked!

exam tomorrow just taking the exam to make myself study a bit so I can take my school's precacl/trig exam to get credit and take calc bc sophomore year

Bruh why not do ap linear algebra or ap calc CD

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 :/

I love AP precalc. It’s the easiest math class I’ve ever taken. I have a 99 in the class and I’m taking the AP exam on Monday!! I’m so excited tbh

I took ap calc but ap pre calc feels like a baby version of calc 😅 although I’ve taken just regular precalc

my school pays for ap classes so the extra gpa boost is nice