<p>For what it's worth, I attend Columbia, and I know someone who didn't take calculus at all in high school and took AP Stats instead. Like you, this person is more a humanities person.</p>
<p>I get the feeling that while calculus is generally expected, you can certainly bend the "rule" every once in awhile if you can justify it.</p>
<p>Thank you, Demeter. That answer was especially helpful to me, and something of an affirmation. I suspect that one variation from the rigor norm is permissible.</p>
<p>I'll take my counselor's advice. She knows my strengths and weaknesses well, and knows the classes' difficulties better than I. If she thinks I can handle the leg-up Calc may provide, I'll go for it.</p>