My daughter is currently completing AP Calc AB. She decided not to take the AB AP exam and slow the pace of the course (it's asynchronous) instead to gain better understanding. She's planning to take AP Calc BC next year. On the Pennsylvania Homeschoolers site, I saw two classes that looked like they might be a fit: AP Calculus AB/BC - might be helpful to repeat the AB material to reinforce it, and it emphasizes that 2/3 of the class is BC material AP Calculus BC - advantageous in that it spreads the BC material over a year Both are taught by Linda Henderson. There are no reviews for her. Has anyone had her as an instructor? This will be the first synchronous (although it's not live) online course that DD has taken, so I'm reluctant to make our first (expensive) foray with a completely unknown instructor. Thanks for any input!

Just following up on Land of Hope. I was reluctant to give up on it, as it seems like an outstanding curriculum. I downloaded the Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum (thank you MaryV for the pointer!) and began laying out the lessons in Homeschool Planet. Some issues I encountered: - Although recommended memory work, map work, and unit tests are provided, these aren't laid out in terms of lessons. I had to determine when these should be addressed in the lesson sequence. - No answer keys are provided, either for "guided reading questions" or for the tests. I could locate this information for many of the fill in the blank questions or those covering areas I'm familiar with, however, this takes time and some of the more "deep dive" questions would require more research on my part. I called Hillsdale today to ask about the availability of an answer key. I talked to an impressively articulate current student working at the office, who let me know that they've received this feedback very recently from other parents as well and plan to address this moving forward. That likely won't be in time for us, but will help others. - There's not a 1 to 1 correspondence between the Land of Hope Student Workbook and the 1776 Curriculum. 1776 provides some source documents that aren't in the Workbook, and also provides some that aren't referenced in the lessons. I'm viewing this as a buffet (to borrow from another curriculum provider) of materials that could be used in lessons. The Workbook questions in each chapter also differ from "guided reading questions" in the 1776 Curriculum. This is a positive in that there are a lot of ways to implement this curriculum, but perhaps also a challenge for homeschoolers in that it's far from "open and go". I plan to forge ahead and use the 1776 plans as provided to the best of my ability. I will give the tests open book as there's not an answer key, and have DD view the video lectures as well. I favor using the 1776 PDF over solely the Student Workbook as it includes a greater number of source documents and the associated questions look excellent. Although it will be a bit of work on my part, I think this will be a far more engaging course than the traditional somewhat sterile American History course.

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Thank you! I'm not familiar with Shormann but will check it out. Having another alternative for Calc 2 is really helpful. I'm wondering if it's AP approved. If not, it would mean listing Calc 2 on the transcript vs. AP Calc BC. Not sure if that's the most important point (it's not in our case), but it does factor in. The cost differential between Shormann at $139 and CTY at $1455 is certainly pretty stark. Also factoring into the decision is that the CTY self-paced courses must be completed within 9 months, and the Shormann classes presumably could be stretched out. I couldn't really determine the duration from the website. The Shormann site also states that grading is done "online" vs. CTY I'm assuming it's a human grading the work. Again, would have to research further.

DD is currently working through AP Calc with Derek Owens (we’ve used him for Physical Science and Algebra-Precalc as well) and this is my wish as well. I’d love it if he offered both Calc BC and upper math classes - linear algebra, etc. I’m a huge fan of Derek Owens.

Thank you very much for this feedback - it’s very helpful. We tried Thinkwell’s biology and it felt disjointed, so this supports my thought that an alternative would work better for us. Thanks again!

I just spotted this in an older post on the forum: I realize some time has passed. Does anyone know if this is still true? If so, CTY would be charging $1455 for Calculus BC with Thinkwell materials vs Thinkwell's price at $159. I realize CTY offers grading, but still.... $1296 more for grading?

I'm interested in the same -- DD will complete AP Calculus AB this year and is thinking of taking AP Calculus BC next year. I've read that Calc BC repeats topics covered in AB, and this seems like a plus rather than a minus in our case as it will ensure that DD's grasp of these calc concepts in really solid before progressing to the BC AP exam (she's planning to skip the Calc AB AP exam and just take BC). That said, I'm also looking for a self-paced Calc BC course. Thinkwell courses haven't been a hit here in the past. CTY has a broad suite of upper math options, which is excellent, but the price tag is exceptionally high, particularly when there are no previews. I'm a little hesitant to shell out that much money without any idea how the courses are structured. I called CTY and requested a preview and they stated that there aren't any. Is anyone aware of any other self-paced Calc BC options? We're specifically seeking self-paced, not live. Thank you!

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