<p>I'm a freshman planning on taking Math 53 over the summer as well as a statistics course. I plan on taking Stats 20 and then continuing with 134 in the Fall, but I was curious if anyone thought it would be reasonable to skip 20 and do 134 over the summer instead. Or would that be too difficult. I took AP Stats in high school (yes, I understand that it has calculus now), never paid any attention and got a 4, but that's the extent of my exposure to statistics. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>the only prerequisite for 134 is calculus. even if you’ve never had exposure to stats at all, you should be fine.</p>
<p>that being said… the class is curved and everyone you’re competing with in 134 has had exposure to basic stats or cs70/math55, so…</p>
<p>So do you suppose it would by more prudent to get a general feel for statistics in Stats 20 than to skip ahead due to the curve?</p>
<p>Because of the shortened time frame, summer courses will be more challenging than the academic year equivalent. The curve will probably be a little easier. But unless you already know that either class will be completely trivial, don’t take both Math 53 and Stats 134 during the same summer. I would recommend taking just one class or possibly adding a humanities course.
On top of that, I’ve heard that Stats 134 is a pretty tough class on its own.</p>
<p>Alright. Thank you.</p>