<p>I'm a junior currently taking Calc BC. Got a 94 first semester. I have the option of taking either Multivariable or Stats AP next year.</p>
<p>However, multivariable is at the local college. I need to drive there at seven in the morning, sit for two hours, and then drive back (it's a 3 day / week class). The last person who took multivariable as a senior barely managed to get a C (and he got a 5 on the AP BC test).</p>
<p>I'm applying to three ivies (Yale, Brown, Princeton) and Stanford. </p>
<p>I'm not really a math person, so I'm not sure whether it's worth it for me to take multivariable. Will taking stats AP hurt me?</p>
<p>My senior schedule is:
English Lit AP
Physics AP
Spanish AP
Gov AP
(Math..?)</p>
<p>if youre not a big math person, I’d take the AP stats class, it definitely won’t look bad taking AP stats and calc BC so I think thats the best route to go</p>
<p>^ Agreed. I took Stats as a sophomore, it’s fairly easy as long as you know logs (which you clearly do) and, I found it so, it’s fun. I thought it was a really interesting class and is something that is applicable to nearly any other subject.</p>
<p>It’s unlikely for most new college freshman to place out of both calculus and second year calculus. And in my opinion it’s not wise to do that: advanced math courses are taught very differently in college than in high school, and you really need to take a college level science/engineering course together with a second year calculus to appreciate the use. </p>
<p>Statistics on the other hand is a fundemental tool to many disciplines – including science, business and economics. It’ll help you almost immediately with some basic concepts in these application areas.</p>
<p>Finally that the advanced calculus course is not offered as part of your normal high school curriculum lessened its value from the perspective of selective colleges. Such colleges would like you take the more/most rigorous curriculum offered – at you high school … not at your CC.</p>
<p>Take multivariable calculus at the local jc… don’t give yourself a reason why you could have done better. It a world of competition to get to college now a days, separate yourself from the rest.</p>
<p>Civilman has a point, but at the same time, it would also take a lot of time out of being able to focus on other classes. I would recommend stats especially since your counselor will fill out a form that usually asks the highest class in each subject and if he/she puts Calc BC as the highest math course at your school they will not penalize you or look down on you not taking Calc III. Stats is a really fun class in my opinion because it’s definitely more practical for someone like me who wants to go into medicine rather than Calc III which I am also taking and seems less relatable.</p>
<p>I’d say MVC. I took MVC at the local university (not community college). I ran over from my Monday and Wednesday ballet classes, sat for a little under 3 hours, and took copious notes. I got a low B, even though I didn’t take it very seriously because the grade would only show up on my final, end of year, transcript.</p>
<p>One of my friends is taking MVC this quarter (the university is a quarter school). He took Calc 3 and Linear Algebra last quarter, since there’s a few topics skipped between BC and MVC at this school, but since I wanted to spend all of this semester devoting more time to ballet, I had to go straight into MVC. It wasn’t half bad.</p>
<p>Looking at your course load, you’re going to be busy. I have roughly the same classes right now in senior year. MVC does look really good on your high school transcript and the colleges you’re applying to will be impressed. However, it depends if you’ll get a good grade on it. If you can get a high score on MVC, take it. If not, take stat (I heard it’s a no-brainer class).</p>