<p>Which is better for college admissions? I think the former but many people at my school are opting for AP stats instead of Calculus. You can only take on your senior year.</p>
<p>Calculus BC. Hands down.</p>
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<p>Completely right.</p>
<p>Take BC. Stats is a joke.</p>
<p>Definitely Calculus BC: it is more difficult, has more prerequisites, has been around much longer, and not very many colleges accept AP Statistics, while almost every college will accept AP Calculus BC.</p>
<p>Yeah take Calc.</p>
<p>BC Calc Grade Distribution:
Examination Grade Percentage Earning Grade
5 43.9
4 17.0
3 20.1
2 6.8
1 12.3
[<a href="http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/calculus_bc/dist.html?calcbc%5D%5B/url">http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/calculus_bc/dist.html?calcbc][/url</a>]</p>
<p>Stat Grade Distribution:
Examination Grade Percentage Earning Grade
5 12.6
4 22.8
3 25.3
2 19.2
1 20.1
[<a href="http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/statistics/dist.html?stats%5D%5B/url">http://collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/statistics/dist.html?stats][/url</a>]</p>
<pre><code> I took BC this year, and people will probably disagree with me, but i think its pretty easy to get a 5 on BC if you do your homework all year. The high percentage of 5s speaks mostly to the general strength of the students who elect to take the "hardest" of the 3 math AP classes, but i think it also shows that you don't have to really amazing to get a 5.
If you do your homework all year, and are the kind of person where things do NOT go in one ear and out the other, you can get an easy 5. If you except to learn it all cramming - its not going to work though. Stat you can cram for, but calculus does require some intuitive understanding that you need all year to have seep in. Maybe that makes calc harder, but i think you can do it.
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<p>Well I think you are interpreting that percentage wrong. </p>
<p>There are a LOT more Stats testtakers than BC and BC testtakers are more qualified than Stats. Anyone can really take Stats, but BC represents the culmination of years of your school's mathematical track, starting back at Prealgebra and Alg. I. So it appears that fewer Stats students get 5s, but it is because more fail that exam.</p>
<p>BC is easier to get a 5 than Stats...seriously (if you're a good math student).</p>
<p>Stats is getting harder though (this year's exam was insanely difficult), so go with BC.</p>
<p>no stats is not harder, its exactly what smder99 said. more of the people who arent as good at math take ap statistics than that of ap calculus bc. pretty much everyone in ap calculus bc is smart as hell, but with ap statistics (not saying u aren smart if u r in it) but u dont have to be as good at math to take this class. so, more "sucky" ppl at math take AP statistics over those who take BC, therefore there will be an increase in failure to get a 5 on ap statistics, not because the exam is harder, but because more sucky, unqualified ppl take it than BC......(statistics harder than calculus bc? are u kidding? BC is NOT easier to get a 5 on, its just that most of the smart ppl take it)</p>
<p>I took Calc BC and Stat at the same time, but Calc course was definitely a lot harder. In terms of "Exams," Calc was harder but had more lenient curve.</p>
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<li>Stat has less workload than Calc BC</li>
<li>Stat does not require too much background in math, while Calc BC requires a solid knowledge of elementary math</li>
<li>Groups of student who take Calc BC are relatively hard working/smart, while groups of student who take Stat may include some diagnosted with senioritis...no offense though.</li>
<li>However, Stat curve is not very lenient and includes lots of tricky questions. So it might be a little difficult to get a 5. However, Calc exam is usually straightforward.</li>
<li>Lots of schools take Calc AP credit, even if you get a 4. However, sometimes colleges do not take 4 on Stat, and even with 5 they are usually for elective credits.</li>
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<p>If you want to go into a Math/Science field then take Calc BC
If you want to go into a Social Science than take Stat.</p>
<p>I'd recomend taking both, but then again I love math.</p>
<p>Which book has mass BC exam problems? I want to practice.</p>
<p>The vast majority of the student population should take Statistics instead of calculus, as it is so much more useful in the real world.</p>
<p>TAKE BC. Stats sucks, and isn't accepted for science- and math- majors; BC is taken everywhere (even MIT) and is actually challenging. Stats is just a waste - calculus isn't allowed and most of it is common sense. Stats is more "useful", but it isn't useful if you don't learn anything, and anyone above Alg III will not learn much at all.</p>
<p>How about AP Calc AB? I know it is easier than Calc BC but what about compared to Stats?</p>
<p>Is Calc AB accepted by colleges?</p>
<p>Yes, even MIT does accept AP calc BC credit.
Am I the only one, though, that's thought about "What if there were a calculus-based AP statistics class...?" Even if there weren't an AP class for it, I'd feel better if there were at least a class for it. I took calc BC last year as a junior, am taking calc III this summer, and am looking (somewhat negatively) at the prospect of taking ap stat as the last math class my school offers that I haven't taken. It kinda bugs me how a course in which calculus plays such an integral (hehehe, pun) part of the subject (think: normal curves, areas under the curve, area of 1 from -infty to +infty) can so clearly omitted. Friends who took the class said they didn't even mention "e" all year.<br>
If you like math, why not take both? BC is most likely considered more rigorous, but if you don't want to focus on math/science, you can probably get by with stat.</p>
<p>Depends on what you mean by "better." Do you mean "better" as in does it look better on colleges or "better" as in it better prepares you for life outside of academia? If you infer the former, then Calc BC is probably better unless you plan on going into something like Psychology (like I am) where you need Statistics. If you imply the latter, then I'd have to say Statistics. I doubt most people are going to use Calc on a regular basis unless they're going into a field that requires it.</p>
<p>It's all relative really :)</p>
<p>Calc BC is better than Stat.
Here are the reasons:
*it meets more prerequisites in college, typically
*it is a a full-year course, rather than a semester course</p>