<p>Hey guys I'm a junior facing a dilemma. </p>
<p>With how the schedules are set up, I can only take Pre-calculus honors or AP Macro economics (same period)</p>
<p>For a finance/economics/business major will AP Macro+ AP US Gov't and Politics be more beneficial than pre-calc honors?</p>
<p>I will have to take regular pre-calc if I choose the AP classes.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>This is tricky…</p>
<p>The first thing you have to realize is that while finance is a business major, economics is actually a social science. So if you are leaning towards finance rather than economics, you should take the harder math. If you are leaning towards economics, you should take macroeconomics, BUT ONLY if you do not have the opportunity to take that next year. You already have your history/social science with government, so you might want to save economics as your core history/social science for senior year. </p>
<p>Have you been taking honors math since you were a freshmen, or were you just going to start this year? It will make my response different if you are just starting to take honors math this year.</p>
<p>I took Algebra II honors my sophomore year.</p>
<p>Take AP Econ next year. Taking pre-calc honors will be more beneficial so that you can take AP Calc (and maybe stats) next year. At my school, honors pre-calc is a pre-requisite for AP math classes and those in the “regular” level cannot take it.</p>
<p>If you took honors math last year, then I agree with Sikkunt. You should go with Honors Pre-Calc this year and take AP Economics next year. It will be worse for you drop a level in math and add another class at the same level you are currently taking in the social sciences.</p>
<p>You will need calculus (and statistics) eventually to major in economics or business (and possibly more math for economics or finance). You need precalculus and trigonometry to be well prepared for calculus, whether you take calculus in high school or college.</p>
<p>I’m with the pack. Take the honors precalc so you don’t drop down a level in a core area, math. The AP econ elective is nice but not required.</p>