<p>Interests can change between high school and college, so it’s best to be prepared for a broad range of fields in college. Calculus is an important fundamental course for the physical sciences, engineering, math and economics/finance. But for most of the social sciences statistics is a more useful discipline. I wouldn’t think that a high school program that was filled with APs in subjects where the student’s passion lies would be considered inadequate if AP Stat was chosen instead of AP Calculus, unless the student is aiming at the physical sciences, engineering or math.</p>