How difficult is AP Calculus AB, and how does it differ from AP Calculus BC?

Calc AB just covers Calc I

Calc BC covers both Calc I and Calc II

I took Calc BC when I was in high school. As far as difficulty, that depends on how quickly you understand material. Calc AB is a lot easier because they spend weeks just talking about one topic. Calc BC is a lot quicker than Calc AB.

Take Calculus if you're planning on being an engineer, scientist, doctor, or a mathematician of some sort. There's no reason why you should take Calculus for any other reason unless you really feel like bragging to your friends about how you're taking a math class that Newton developed. If you want an easy A for your senior year, take College Algebra.

Calc I is A LOT easier than Calc II. Calc II is very difficult compared to Calc I and Calc III. Calculus is literally mumbo jumbo that Newton came up with to solve problems in an easier fashion. There's really no rhyme or reason how Newton even came up with Calculus other than explaining things in the shortest way possible.

Save these links once you start Calculus, it will save your life. Paul's Notes help a lot.

http://www.tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/C...

http://www.tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcII/...

You can also search for Khan's Academy or PatrickJMT for videos on YouTube.

BC covers extra topics, such as integration by parts, integration by partial fractions, convergence of series, L'Hopital's Rule, parametric equations and polar functions. A student who has done well in BC is really ready to skip the first year of college calculus; a student who has had only AB would be foolish to do so.

With your douchebag attitude, I don't think you'll successfully get through AP Calculus.