How important is AP calc?

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College admission decisions in schools that don’t use a formula are a matter of gestalt. What impression does your app make to the interviewer? So it’s impossible to answer your question with a precise answer (eg. "you’ll get a 4.7% boost in your chances of admission) and yet most people would acknowledge that Calculus is seen as the more challenging class. Which means taking it makes your app stronger – by some unquantifiable amount.

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<p>Well said. As is his later advice, though I’d say that in AP Calc AB there’s a 1-2 hour outside of class rule (or, as Cal Newport, author of Study Hacks blog, would put it, 15-50 minutes for each concept studied in class) rather than 3 hours. BC is another beast.</p>

<p>OP, I highly recommend you continue with your math sequence and take Calc. I think Stats, though a valuable foundation for the humanities, should be regarded as an elective rather than a hard math class–it would save kids without resources like CC a lot of heartache come April 1 senior year.</p>