<p>What’s taught in the typical AP Stat curriculum is not calc-based stat. We saw a huge difference in the course as it was taught at S1’s school vs. S2’s.</p>
<p>S2: standard AP Stat, full year course, nothing fancy.<br>
S1: Calc-based stat, one semester, went into some of the more interesting approaches to problems, so that folks could use those shortcuts on the hardest problems. 90% get 5s.</p>
<p>I think a lot of the interesting interconnections between various fields within math aren’t really revealed til beyond the levels of math most college students will typically take.</p>
<p>JHS: Chicago still has a math requirement – it just doesn’t have to be Calc, IIRC.</p>