<p>I think it is more than fair to say that you should take the most demanding possible course load at your high school. If your school offers APs in math, science, the humanities, english, and foreign language, it will be to your advantage to have taken an AP-level course in all of those fields. At the end of the day, admissions stresses time and time again, “The transcript is the most important document in your application”. And yes, if you can take Calculus, you should take Calculus. Nothing against Stats—I took it last year (with Honors Precalc), and my mom has a Masters in Stats. It’s just that Calc is tougher than Stats, and a majority of majors in college require it (ironically, in Stats, we did research as to how many majors need Calc vs. Stats—Calc was overwhelmingly present).</p>