<p>Hello,</p>
<p>So I'm started college this fall. I took AB Calculus during my senior year of high school, and got a 5 (yay!) which satisfies the math requirement for my college (Calculus 1). However, my parents are pressuring me to still take Calculus 2, even though I really don't want to take any more math. I've always been pretty decent when it comes to math, but I'd like to major in one of the humanities and go to law school, which I'm pretty sure doesn't have any connections to a calculus course. </p>
<p>What should I do? No more math? More Calc? Or should I take course in something like statistics? Is just satisfying the math requirement for my college good enough?</p>
<p>I just graduated high school and am planning on majoring in English and history, but I also love math - I took AP calc BC and AP stats. In my opinion, unless you plan on going into patent law (which you couldn’t really do with a humanities UG degree anyway)… I think you’re fine without taking calc 2, but I would highly recommend at least one class in statistics. I would recommend stats for any undergrad student, but I think it would be extra helpful if you’re thinking about going into law. Plus, as a humanities-math person, it was a fun course because it mixed writing and math. Good luck!</p>
<p>Statistics is generally useful to know.</p>
<p>Law school does not require any particular major or courses (mainly GPA and LSAT score; see <a href=“http://lawschoolnumbers.com”>http://lawschoolnumbers.com</a> ), but you may want to note that math and philosophy majors tend to do well on the LSAT. Perhaps because of both self-selection for, and practice in, logical thinking skills, they have an advantage in the logic puzzle section of the LSAT (see the practice questions).</p>
<p>How confident are you in math? If you think you could do well in calculus 2 and that it wouldn’t hurt your GPA for law school, then I would recommend you just take it (as long as it doesn’t push back your graduation time). I just don’t think it’s worth picking a fight over with your parents, unless you think it’ll damage your ability to get into law school. You never know–you could change your major to something that requires Calculus. I know people who have regretted not taking more math or a higher level math class because of a major change or a double major but I don’t know anyone who took a higher level math class or more math and regretted doing so. Obviously, it’s a very small sample size, but unless you’re weak in math, I don’t think it will hurt.</p>
<p>But if you’re choosing between calculus and statistics, I would definitely recommend you take a statistics course. Everyone should take a good statistics class.</p>