Dilema, which will look better on transcript?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm planning on taking as many advanced courses I can while in HS. Doing that our normal school route for math is (for me)</p>

<p>8th-Algebra
9th-Geometry
10th-Algebra II
11th-PreCalc/Trig
12th-Calculus I</p>

<p>But my school also offers anyone who passed Algebra II to have the option of taking 5 other classes:
-Discrete Mathematics
-Intro to Statistics
-AP Statistics
-AP Computer Science</p>

<p>When looking at this, if a college sees that you took the 1st route, finishing off with 1 year of AP Calc, would it look better compared to that to take precalc, then take TWO AP courses AP Statistics, AP Computer Science, instead of 1, AP Calc?</p>

<p>So which one would look better, the Calc route or double AP route?</p>

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<p>AP Calculus is a good thing to take if your high school offers it. I’m not so sure that two APs are always better than one. I never took stats but I would imagine calculus is a bit more difficult?</p>

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<p>What’s the point of taking Pre-Calc if you’re not going to utilize it and take Calc. Also, if you don’t take Calc, you might forget most of its concepts in Pre-Calc by the time you take it after 1 year.</p>

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<p>The consensus at my school is that AP Stats is a bit of a joke. Calculus is incredibly important, so I think you should take it based on that alone.</p>

<p>If you want another math class, I’d recommend Discrete Mathematics, because that sounds interesting if it’s somewhat advanced.</p>

<p>On the other hand, if you plan to pursue statistics in college, obviously you should take AP Stats in addition to AP Calc.</p>

<p>Either way, though, you DEFINITELY want to take calculus. I don’t think I can stress this enough.</p>

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<p>Depends on what you want to study. Take Calc if you want to leave a science/engineering option open. However, stats is recommended for some of the social sciences and even communication.</p>

<p>My stat teacher always says stat is math applied to the real world whereas calc is pointless because you can just tell a computer to do the problem. Having taken calc the past year, I’m not sure I agree. ><</p>

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<p>You could always take the other Maths at your community college.</p>

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<p>Your stats teacher is an idiot. Has he ever heard of physics, or engineering, or ADVANCED STATISTICS?</p>