<p>The title is actually misleading, because AP night today sucked. I'm really confused about what to do now - overload junior or senior year?</p>
<p>*Which course load matters the most? JUNIOR or SENIOR?</p>
<p>*SHould I take stuff over the summer/online...or does that look like I'm just trying to fit in as many classes as possible and didn't get the full effect of the course?</p>
<p>*Is it harder to take a year long break in between Computer Science & AP Comp Sci orrr Chemistry & AP Chemistry ?</p>
<p>*MOST IMPORTANT-- Which is easier and which is more vital for a business-economics major: AP statistics or AP micro/macroeconomics? </p>
<p>Also reflect about which colleges like more (I once heard that colleges are iffy about these typical collegiate(?) subjects being taught in high schools) and which it is good to have taken BEFORE college so you can already have the credit?</p>
<p>AP STAT is a must, and that's coming from a sibling at Stern. I would think both junior and senior are important, I'm taking 4 now (junior year) then probably 6 next year to put the total to 12</p>
<p>Comp Sci is not even a pre rec, so need not worry. As for AP Chem, it HELPS, however you WILL review everything you need to (or at least should). I self studied over the summer, but just for me (I didnt even tell colleges that I plan on taking five extra this go round, maybe I should have, but I REALLY am doing it just for myself). If you want to take the APs over the summer, than take them, if not then dont. Remember learning is for you and you only. That IS why you will be going to college no? I think many people forget this.</p>
<p>AP Stat is most certainly not a must. I'm at a Cornell and I can't even use my stat credit to bypass the intro to econometrics class. However, macro and micro allowed me to go straight to the intermediate-level class, and they were a heck of a lot easier than stat, which says something considering stat is a joke.</p>
<p>Statistics is extremely useful for econ. Unfortunately, AP Statistics isn't all that great. It's good at teaching basic data analysis tools (very useful to me when I did my 10th grade ISEF project!), but not all that rigorous, and it doesn't cover nearly enough material to be sufficient for a strong science/eng/social science curriculum.</p>
<p>It depends on how long the stats course is. If it's a year, take the two econs. If not, it's really a matter of preference. My college lets you place out of stats and the intro econ courses if you have the credit, but that may not be the case at the schools you're looking at. For what it's worth, I'd say there's a larger gap between AP and college level stats than between AP and college level econ.</p>
<p>AP Stats os statistics without calculus. It really won't accelerate you much in college, especially if you have a science or math major (My brother said that the class he could get credit for he wouldn't be eligible to take because he's an engineer so they would have put him in a calc based stats class instead as intro)
so i would take econ.
As for the number of AP's, what is the norm at your school? At mine you have to get permission to take more than 2. I took 1 my sophomore year, and 3 for each of my junior and senior years. You don't want to overload to the point where you start doing badly. It would look better to do really well in 3 AP's than take 4 or 5 and just do ok in all of them. </p>
<p>Don't do summer and online classes just for college apps. If you really like this kind of stuff, then go for it, but if there is something you would rather do in your summer (organized activity or job, not just hanging out with friends) then do that. I really love going to camp, and in my college essays i think i was able to show my passion for it rather than doing something because you think its what they want to see</p>