<p>Hey guys. I am also thinking about my senior schedule, and I have a dilemma about which math class to take. This year (as a junior) I am taking BC Calc (and doing well in it). I know the logical progression is to take Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calc next year, but the teacher for those classes is reportedly pretty awful, and according to most of his students he barely teaches at all. I am thinking about taking AP Statistics since it would be a practical course, and I am interested in economics so it would help there. I'm concerned about how this would look though -- would colleges view this as choosing an "easier" math class and a weaker senior schedule? Could that hurt me in the admissions process?</p>
<p>Honestly, if taught right, I don't there there's an outright "easier" AP course. The fact of the matter is that they're all college level courses, right? Personally, I don't see anything wrong with AP Stat. If anything, you pull off saying that you wanted it to raise your GPA.</p>
<p>Stat is definately your normal math class. The math you need for Stat is easily acquired after Math A (I'm a New Yorker, a slave to the unconventional integrated math system). Accelerated students in our school normally take Math A 9th grade, whereas average students would take it in their sophomore year. The problem with stat is that you have to know how to work your words. Some of my homework assignments wind up looking like essays.</p>
<p>I took BC junior and then ap stats senior year. colleges will absolutely not look down on you for taking stats. </p>
<p>i'll tell you from personal experience the whole aspect of colleges preferring you take an ap instead of honors and get a b instead of an a is kind of ********. yes if your HS offers ap, take some ap classes cause if you take zero they WILL look down on you for it. However, this does not mean that filling your schedule with all ap classes will put you above someone who only takes a half ap classes and half honors if you get b's in those classes. my schedule was full of ap classes from top to bottom and i got only a few b's when a whole bunch of places offered some of my fellow classmates tons of money when they had taken one or two ap and the rest honors. the amount they offered me was less. why? cause they had all a's and i had a FEW b's which brought my rank down a bit.</p>
<p>Sorry, I seem to have gone off on a tangent. back to your question, i would have ORIGINALLY recommend multivariable cause after a year if you take the course in college or start taking econ classes you have to go back and review a little since both courses require knowledge of basic calc. however, if your teacher is horrendous you might as well stick with stats, stress yourself out less senior year, and actually learn the material.</p>
<p>YOU WILL NOT SUFFER APPLICATION WISE FOR TAKING AP STATS.</p>
<p>yeah i do have to say that stats is not the most exiting class to take. i really like math but stat was crap, easy class, just not the common math class. all us seniors started missing calc and had wished our school offered multi-variable. it did make senior year much less stressful though work wise</p>
<p>At my school, linear algebra and multivariable aren't offered, and AP Stats is the next course after AP Calculus, but it may also be taken at the same time. However, for us, AP Stats part of a year-long offering including discrete math, so it actually only takes a semester. If the only reason you're not taking the other courses is because of the teachers, and if you think you can handle another course, take multivariable through EPGY or CTY (they start offering it next year) and AP Stats during school. For me, AP Stats is a lot easier than AP Calc, but (again, too me) has a lot more applications in my future. Go for it :)</p>