<p>Ok everyone, here's a question for math folks (or anyone with answers). My school offers AP statistics every other year. I couldn't take it this year because it wouldn't fit into my scheduale, but as a bio major and potential statistics minor, I believe it would be a value to me to take it in high school. Since I will not have the chance to take AP stats in high school, I have the option of taking general stats at UMass as dual enrollment. I will recieve high school credit for this and colleges will see I took a college level math course. Is the college stats class the same as the high school AP? Harder? Easier? Any other tips?</p>
<p>Bump, anyone??</p>
<p>I think technically a college stats class is supposed to the same level as a high school ap. Depending on the level your class at school is taught at and the level of the university will depend on whether it is easier or harder. If UMass is a good school then the class might be harder but if it is an ok university than the high school class might be harder. The class might be slightly different than the AP stats curriculum because I know at the university in the town I live in, the stats class at the university does not cover everything that is in the ap class and vice versa. So if you wanted to take the ap exam at the end of the year you might want to check out the ap stats curriculum and see if you covered the concepts in the class. If you are interested in stats, I recommend taking it but I also recommend taking calculus (if you haven’t already) since some schools might consider calculus above stats. Regardless stats is a very interesting subject that I liked a lot and I recommend trying to take it. I hope this helps. Good luck</p>
<p>Thank you very much, but will honors calculus and dual enrollment stats be good enough? I wanted to take AP calc but I highly doubt it will fit my schedule.</p>
<p>Bump, anyone else?</p>
<p>Will depend entirely on the college. Better schools means less time and harder questions on the tests, cause they expect you can handle it. If it’s a CC then the AP might be harder.</p>