I met with my highschool counselor about my senior classes. I have the choice of taking AP Stats, Academic Decathlon (which I am on this year), and Intro to Design (PLTW; I took this class as a period 7 this year). While I could get a very solid recommendation letter from my AcaDeca coach who is the Science Dept Chair at our school and my AP Chemistry teacher, I could also take AP Stats in lieu of Academic Decathlon to get AP credit (and perhaps a stronger transcript when applying). Which class should I take?
How many AP classes are you taking? If you already took 7-8 APs throughout the course of high school, then don’t bother with AP Stats–unless you are really passionate about mathematics and genuinely want to take Stats (not just for AP credit).
I would recommend Academic Decathlon, seeing that you seem passionate about the competition.
By the end of junior year, I have taken World, Bio, Chem,LangComp, and US His.
AP stats is an AP lite. Meaning that Academic Decathlon will be both more beneficial to your learning and to your admissions 