<p>I was talking to my sister the other day, and she was saying that I should take my standard math courses at the community college and take AP Statistics at my high school instead.</p>
<p>Junior year, I'm taking AP Calc B/C; senior year, I'm taking Multivariable Calculus and Linear Algebra (each are college courses offered at my high school and are one semester long). However, my sister is adamant that I should take AP Statistics at my high school, because apparently it's a good course. </p>
<p>Unless I don't get into Journalism junior year, I won't have the space in my schedule to take AP Statistics. That's why she suggested I take the math courses outside of school (I can also make space for different courses then).</p>
<p>However, I'm afraid I won't have the time and it won't meet most university requirements. They usually suggest three (optimally four) years of math, but I'll only be getting two years of math in school (Honors Algebra 2/Trig and Honors Precalculus) if I take the math courses outside of school. I'd prefer to self-study Statistics, but I'm not sure anymore.</p>
<p>As a note, I have taken a community college course before (I recently took Psychology at my community college and I got an A in the class; it was very easy for me). But I do have lots of school-year activities, so I may not have time during the school year.</p>
<p>Any advice? </p>
<p>If you have the option, it would be better to take Multivar and Linear AT the community college. This way the credit will transfer and you won’t have to repeat the class. Taking AP Calc BC is better than taking calc at a community college though.</p>
<p>If the school offers AP Calc, which in your case it does, you are better off in pretty much every respect taking the course at your school.</p>
<p>Calc BC will show more rigor in your schedule than AP Stats, IMO. The logistics of coordinating a high school schedule with the cc schedule and your EC’s can be problematic. If you really wanted to, you could take AP Stats as a senior or, as you said, self-study.</p>
<p>@guineagirl96 The credits do transfer, as it’s a course offered directly from our community college. We have to fill out some forms, but after that, they transfer.</p>
<p>They may not actually. Most of the colleges I applied to/considered would not take the transfer credits unless they were taken on campus with college students. Getting college credit for a class you took at your high school usually doesn’t cut it unfortunately (which is why i chose not to pay for the DE credits for multivar when I took it in school).</p>
<p>Taking AP Calculus AB or BC will give you credit to many universities nationwide, while having the course at a CC will restrict your chances of earning/transferring credit. AP policies are much more accepted than your average community college, and the curriculum is much more standardized usually. </p>