Dilemma [Stats vs. Calc BC]

blinkangel44
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:30:34 +0000

My guidance counselor just e-mailed me this afternoon to tell me that there is a scheduling problem. He told me that my two options are to either take band for one semester or to choose a difference science course.

Next year’s schedule [Senior Year]:
AP Lit
AP Spanish Lang
AP Psych
APES
AP Calc BC
Band

I’m avoiding AP Physics, because I’m not anticipating a science major in college. Environmental science is something that I am genuinely interested in. Also, AP Psych is the best course at my school. The teacher for it is a genius and very prestigious… he even wrote an AP prep book for the course.

So those are my two APs that many regard as fluff it seems.
I’m taking Calc BC because my precalc teacher wants me to… but I am very interested in Stats [I can envision myself majoring in anthropology, sociology, or economics, so I think that this would be useful].

I responded to my GC asking how my schedule would look if I took AP Stats instead of Calc.

And I really don’t want to give up band at the end of senior year.

How do colleges view this? I’m a straight-A student [like 99% of CC…] and I don’t want them to think that I am slacking. I want to apply to Brown, Amherst College, and BC at least. All extremely competitive schools.

How is AP Stats viewed?