<p>if you want to take a class because it’s interesting to you and not just because it looks good on a transcript PLEASE take ap stats</p>
<p>^ Not everyone will like stats, though. Just my opinion, but AP English is much more useful, as it teaches you how to analyze text and you’re exposed to so much literature.</p>
<p>I agree with preamble. English is super important, especially if you want to go into business.</p>
<p>Sorry in advance for the super long response! I got kind of passionate. :P</p>
<p>OP - Please don’t choose stats just because you’re a math person. I made that mistake - math has always been my favorite/best subject, so I went into AP Stats thinking it was going to be super fun. In reality, stats is just describing data and using your calculator to perform functions that you wouldn’t be able to grasp without it. There’s no real math involved, and it’s more like applied math. Don’t go into the class expecting mind-blowing calculus explanations. The main reason I love math so much is because the questions require another level of thinking that other subjects, like language, don’t offer (and I find that extremely fun). Stats isn’t like that. Stats is all calculator work, and no revelations. It’s not “real math”.</p>
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<p>to paraphrase you: not everyone will like ap english, though</p>
<p>and say what you want about ap stats not being “math,” but if op is a math person, it makes more sense to take ap stats than ap english, which isn’t even a real class at his school.</p>
<p>and last time i checked op said he wants to take ap stats. do you see the part about his projected major? yeah ap stats is more relevant.</p>
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<p>Unless I’m misreading something, it looks like AP Stats would be online too.
OP, is there really any reason to take an online AP class at all? Colleges don’t expect you to take classes your school doesn’t offer.</p>
<p>i’m sure an online stats class is way easier than an online english class, either way</p>
<p>Well, most students in my school take AP English online. I’m thinking of taking AP Stats, because either way it’ll be online and it wouldn’t look bad on my transcript because my school doesn’t offer it. If my school offered AP English, there would be no discussion.</p>
<p>I just need to know about your experience in AP English, hours of studying and home work per night, things like that. I’m willing to work hard, but with what i’ve heard you have to study like 3 hours a night on AP English.</p>
<p>My experience in AP English was generally positive. We had about two or three essays a week, and an essay was typically two pages double spaced, which could easily be completed in less than an hour with no distractions… I didn’t really ever have a lot of homework in English except for one assignment (a 15 page research paper) which took me quite a bit of time, but even then, my procrastination got the best of me which compounded my situation considering that my teacher gave us two months to write it which isn’t really all that ridiculous by any means. </p>
<p>The exam itself is also generally really easy - most kids who put forth even moderate effort in studying pulled off a 5, and the kids that slacked off and never did homework even pulled off 3’s</p>
<p>@clementines - English is actually more relevant to a business major, and on many levels.</p>
<p>@nmehta - I forgot about the part where you said that your school didn’t offer AP English. In that case, why don’t you try to learn the material taught in AP Lang (or Lit) another way that doesn’t require you to take an AP exam, then take the AP Stats class at your school? I understand how it’s kind of scary self-studying because you have no one to guide you…I’m not sure exactly how motivated you are, but you could take a course or two on Coursera. You don’t get college credits, but the professors (yes, professors) that teach the courses are highly qualified and come from the best of the best (Stanford, MIT, Princeton, etc.), and the course can be mentioned on the Common App. It would show that you’re willing to go above and beyond especially since your school doesn’t offer the class. I know a lot of graduated seniors who did this!</p>
<p>A lot of AP credits aren’t accepted at colleges, anyways. Might as well learn something without the objective being to pass the test.</p>
<p>I would take AP English (I will be next year). You could self-study stats pretty easily. My my school lets you take with or after Alg 2. AP English is a class where you would learn things MUCH harder to get from a textbook.</p>
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<p>it’s not like op is not taking ANY english. he’ll still be in honors. and care to say all the levels? because i honestly don’t believe you, anyway</p>
<p>@clementines - Um, are you seriously fighting with me about this? Business requires you to act professionally and communicate with people. You need to know proper grammar, even the small nit-picks, and you need an extensive knowledge of how the world works - literature gives so many different perspectives and forces you to analyze situations. You can’t just write or type a certain way because you feel like it - capitalizing random words and letters will make you seem uneducated and probably get you fired.</p>
<p>You don’t need statistics for business. Companies hire statisticians to create or analyze statistics for them. The OP never mentioned anything about wanting to become a statistician.</p>
<p>This is the OP’s choice, not an argument between us. That’s just your opinion. You don’t need to force it on others. Believe what you want to and be as stubborn as you want by not listening to others even if you think they’re wrong, but don’t make others change their own perspectives just because you don’t think the same way.</p>
<p>“um,” he can learn those things in honors english. it’s not like he’s an aspiring writer, lawyer, etc.</p>
<p>and most business majors take some sort of stats class. maybe he can fulfill a requirement?</p>
<p>and act like you’re not contributing to the argument, and presenting a biased opinion against stats. i’m not doing any more than you are.</p>
<p>You even have to quote the “um”.</p>
<p>I’m not biased against it, it just makes less sense to take it in the OP’s case. I’m trying to be respectful; this is such a stupid argument. He can do whatever he wants to do. I don’t care.</p>
<p>LOL i was doing it for… no nevermind</p>