Hey guys. The school year has just started here in Michigan, and I've enrolled in an Advanced Placement Calculus class. Now I'm not too worried about this, but I really want to get an A in this class. It's a college level class (hence the Advanced Placement).

AP Calculus requires you to buy a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculator, too. I don't know much about my new toy aside from reading the instruction manual and the pro-tips given to me with the calculator.

So, my questions are...

1. What should I expect to learn from this class (generally speaking)?

2. Are there any cool functions or secrets or can't-live-without features on the TI-84 that I should know about?

3. What jobs or real-life subjects can I apply calculus to?

All responses are helpful. Thanks in advance!

~ Emo