<p>I'm currently enrolled in both AP Stats and AP Calc BC for my senior year, after taking Calc AB in junior year. However, I've decided I really want to enroll in a humanities course and need to drop one of the math courses to make room.</p>
<p>Which would you drop and why?</p>
<p>It depends, Calculus B/C in general, is more rigorous than AP Statistics. If you want a more challenging math class, I suggest Calculus, Cause if you are going for a math major, usually if the college offers AP Credit, B/C will give more credit than stats.</p>
<p>I would drop whichever one you want to take the least. It would probably be better to take BC, but if you really want to take Stats, you should take that. Good luck.</p>
<p>Take BC, its deemed as more difficult.</p>
<p>Consider which, if any, of these factors is relevant to your particular situation:</p>
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<li><p>If you plan to major in math, science, or engineering in college, you should definitely take Calc BC rather than Statistics. </p></li>
<li><p>Calc BC is much more challenging than Statistics and will likely require more effort on your part. However, admission officers also know this and are more impressed if you do well in Calc BC. (But an "A" in AP Statistics will look much better than a "C" in AP Calc BC. How did you do in Calc AB?)</p></li>
<li><p>Some colleges do not give AP credit for Statistics and/or will not count it towards your core math requirement.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>If none of these factors apply to you (or to the colleges you are applying to), just take the one you want and think you will do well in.</p>
<p>Actually I'd recommend dropping BC since you have already had one year of Calculus. It seems repetitive to take another year, in which half of it you would of already learned. Therefore, wouldn't it be enjoyable to learn something new. Plus its your senior year and Statistics is generally an easy course. Therefore, take AP Statistics.</p>
<p>Generally schools that offer both AB and BC do not have overlapping material. Although the tests do overlap, the BC course usually teaches the BC exclusive material.</p>
<p>^ actually my school offers both and you usually either take one or the other....</p>
<p>Some do khoitrinh's way, some do meadow's.</p>
<p>I plan to major in political science, but I enjoy calculus and did receive an A in my Calc AB class. One factor: my school doesn't actually have an AB class. Instead, BC students sit in with the AB kids and do independent study while assisting the AB people. It shows up on the transcript as "Independent study" with an asterisk noting that it is equivalent to an AP Calculus BC course. </p>
<p>I checked this out w/ a few admissions officers and they seemed to generally think it was okay. One Columbia adcom said he likes to see it when students go out of their way to create learning opportunities. But still, it's not a 'proper' BC class. I'm sure I'll do fine on the AP exam, but you know what I mean?</p>
<p>So I enjoy calculus and want to keep my skills sharp. Stats would probably be easier but I don't feel excited about it. I'm not sure what to do.</p>
<p>Try to take both? Both courses are extremely different from each other, but if you had to drop one i say ap stats.</p>
<p>wow.
@thebeef, i had the same situation; i've asked the same question like 2 months ago.
i took clac ab junior yr, i was in the dilemma of choosing calc bc or stats. because i can only take 1.
but i truly loved calculus, stats was too easy, so i took calc bc this yr, and im happy about it.
just take what you want. drop the stats and study on ur own or something, im gona self study stats</p>
<p>You could also try self-studying Stats during your independent study, since there's not really that much extra stuff in BC.</p>
<p>Drop stats. Almost every college that I am considering does not even offer AP credit for statistics. And also, considering that you already have a solid foundation in Calculus, BC will probably not be too difficult for you and may in fact be easier than stats in that the material is more familiar.</p>
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Generally schools that offer both AB and BC do not have overlapping material. Although the tests do overlap, the BC course usually teaches the BC exclusive material.
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Calculus BC covers all AB subjects, thus the AP sub score on the AP test.</p>
<p>"Calculus BC covers all AB subjects, thus the AP sub score on the AP test."</p>
<p>We all understand that. But the BC class at my school assumes that you have already taken the AB portion, so you don't have to reteach it in BC.</p>
<p>I didn't know that some schools taught it meadow's way. Wouldn't the BC course need to be longer or something? How do you teach more material in the same time frame.</p>
<p>Here's what I would do: </p>
<p>Drop Calculus BC (you've already taken AB).
Self-study the BC topics and take the exam (remember, this should be pretty easy since you've already taken AB). </p>
<p>If you think you can handle that, I would say it gets you the best of both worlds IMO.</p>
<p>khoitrinh,
yeah actually in my school for the ppl that take Calculus BC, you learn the Calculus A material in the last quarter of the precalculus course, so we compensate by teaching precalculus a little faster.</p>
<p>Stats suck. Class was crap and I still got a 4. Go for BC.</p>
<p>At my school, they teach both AB and BC, but you only take one or the other--the only difference is the speed at which you cover the material in BC, so that you can cover all of the additional topics...</p>