<p>I will have finished Calc BC with a 4 or 5 on the AP test. I really like stats but I heard that it is an "easy" AP. Would it be frowned upon to omit multi for stats if I am applying to HYPS?</p>
<p>Whatever AP exams you take your senior year, won’t be considered during admission. HYPS will only look at the AP exams you take in your freshman-junior years. The only thing beneficial about taking AP Exams your senior year is that you can waive classes in college.</p>
<p>Multivariable calculus, if transferable to the university you attend, will be useful for any major that requires more math than freshman calculus (i.e. math, statistics, physics, chemistry, any engineering, economics).</p>
<p>AP Statistics is non-calculus-based, and is only likely to be accepted for a few social studies majors that require statistics but do not require it to be calculus-based. Majors that require statistics and calculus typically require that the statistics course be calculus-based.</p>
<p>You may want to consider taking multivariable calculus and/or calculus-based statistics at a community college if that is available to you.</p>
<p>Multi-variable all the way, FAR more useful than Stats and probably FAR less calculator-oriented. I hate calculators, so take my wisdom with a grain of salt. Still, Calc > Stats.</p>