I have room on my schedule for one more class and I’m trying to decide between these two. Which is a better option? As in which is easier and will be more beneficial in the long run?
I don’t have a specific preference; I have no experience with either. I just want to take one of the two to introduce me to mathematics applications in the real world.
Which is a better choice?
Any ideas about future major?
Stats is usually considered easy math.
Not 100% sure yet…that’s why I’m trying to get t acclimated to a variety of classes but as of now I’m thinking either business then work or English then law school.
It really doesn’t matter. Either maybe useful and interesting. Check with kids at your school to see which they like better. The teacher can make a lot of difference. My kid’s school didn’t have CS at the time and I hear mixed reveiws on the content as an intro to CS but that is certainly very useful. Stats was a very popular class, the teacher wrote the book they used and he made it very engaging.
Take ap java if you’ve had previous experience with a intro class and / or planning to major in it. If not then its really not the best option. Also, stats is considered to be on the easier side of aps. In contrast, you could do java and be good at it if you have good experience with programming, but, at the same time it could be difficult if you don’t. Take java if you’ve had experience with it/ major or take stats if you haven’t had experience with java.
programming can be easy if you’re used to it but at the same time it can be very difficult without any previous exposure to it.
Which one is easier is subjective. However, in terms of possible usefulness, I would have to lean towards Comp. Sci., simply because how popular Comp. Sci skills look in the job market and on resumes and such.
The teacher for Comp Sci apparently sucks but the Stats teacher is the head of the department and that’s the only class she teaches. Do you think Comp Sci is a better option because I’m an girl and there aren’t many so it might stand out more?
@glee12 have you had any experience with it?
@Decepters With Comp Sci? Not particularly but my dad said I could try taking some JAVA classes over the summer and learning from some of his friends since he works at a computer programming company.
It won’t make you stand out more. Nor should you make your selection on what makes you stand out more. Choose based upon what interests you and what will be most helpful to you in the future.
I agree with skieurope- Don’t take a class because you think you’ll stand out. I’m one of four (now three) girls in a high school engineering class now and I don’t stand out based on my gender, believe me. Your decision doesn’t need to, and shouldn’t, be based on what will make you stand out, but on what you truly want to take.
I think that experience in programming will give you an edge in many fields (even in science, something I’ve personally noticed).
I have very little in the way of previous Copmsci experience (rudimentary work on CodeAcadmey w/ HTML + Javascript) and am easily acing AP Computer Science.
People with even less experience than me are also doing well.
It obviously depends on what school you’re going to, but if you can think logically, you can get the theory part of it easily enough.