<p>I'm an okay math student but idk what math to take for senior year. Between AP Stat and CalcAB, which one is seen as more "rigorous"? And which one transfers more credit when u get to college?</p>
<p>Calculus AB is more difficult than Statistics. Statistics is a very different kind of math. It's more conceptual but it still has its shares of formulas and such. I don't know about Calculus AB, since I'm only in PreCalculus right now, but from what I hear, it's pretty tough.</p>
<p>Check for individual schools for which one can give you more credit. Calculus is probably the more "rigorous" one, but I guess it depends on the school.</p>
<p>im in both as a senior right now. statistics is a joke. calculus is actually somewhat challenging. since i have stat right before calc its basically just a warm up class. if you want rigor, go with calculus. calculus also transfers more credit i think.</p>
<p>I take AP statistics and a REGULAR calculus class. Honestly, my regular calculus class is harder than my AP statistics class.</p>
<p>since when is Calculus regular????</p>
<p>regular as in non-AP. its not as in-depth. what AP dives into conceptually, regular classes will skim. this can still be difficult for students not used to rigorous math courses but for a kid used to an honors track of math, "regular" calc will seem like a joke usually.</p>
<p>I have both right now. I'd consider myself decent at Math (720 SAT, 800 SAT 2) and I think both are pretty easy if (and only if) you do the work. Calculus is all skills based, there isn't any theory in my class. It requires you to be very good at algebra so you might want to do little review, but the Calculus part is very slow-paced (6 chapters for a full year). Statistics has a faster pace (14 chapters) and its all applications, so you have to grasp the non-mathematical concepts and see how to apply them in word problems and then do a few calculations (Calculus has a series of word problems on the test, so it has its share as well though). Overall the work itself is easier and the formulas are all very straightforward, if long, plus you can not memorize them and just use a calculator, although this NOT recomended by anyone, its just a bail out. Calculus is mostly non-calculator and half the test is non-calculator.</p>
<p>Most people consider Calculus MUCH more rigorous. For example, colleges see a B in Calculus as somewhat typical or at least acceptable, even for very smart students. Calculus credit doesn't transfer as well though, because the cirriculum doesn't match up as well with what colleges teach, esp. the lack the theory if you want to major in math or go to a place like MIT (which, for example, gives no credit, although Stats probably doesn't get any either at that particular school).</p>