Getting cold feet with AP Stats...

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Hello, entering my senior year. 3.30 GPA with a 31 on the ACT. Not bad. I’m planning on going to a public school in state for college, nothing too fancy. However, I’m not sure what I want to major in. I’m thinking either Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering. I know that Calculus is needed in Comp Sci and Comp Eng, and I’m sure that Calculus will help me with IT.</p>

<p>Here’s what my math has looked like so far.</p>

<p>8th Grade: Algebra I
Straight Cs through it. This is where my math went from a strong point to a weak one.</p>

<p>Freshman: Geometry
Did very well in Geometry. Aced all of the tests and made straight As.</p>

<p>Sophomore: Algebra II
Ooh, bad memories. Got straight Cs through this one too, no matter how hard I tried. I studied for hours and would still fail every single test I took. Scared me away from math.</p>

<p>Junior: Advanced Algebra/Trig.
The teacher referred to this as Pre-Cal standard. It was pretty much Algebra II review for the entire year. So slow, boring, but I aced it.</p>

<p>Now, going into my Senior year, I’m debating between Pre-Cal or AP Stats. I’m signed up for Stats right now. Doesn’t seem too bad, same teacher as I had for Advanced Algebra/Trig. I’m pretty good at it, I blew through my summer work in 30 minutes whereas my friend took 2 hours.</p>

<p>But is AP Stats going to help me down the road, at all? I’m not sure. And if I wanted to major in something technical, I’d probably be behind having to pick up on pre-cal before Calculus, especially when some of these classes require Calculus III and a lot of upper level math.</p>

<p>Whaddya think?</p>

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<p>Take Pre-Calc. AP Stats is relatively worthless.</p>

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<p>Work done before high school does not affect college admissions.</p>

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<p>I suggest AB Calc (if you can handle it). I took Adv Trig/Alg too and my teacher told me not to bother taking pre-calc because it is so similar to Trig/Alg. Calc is a lot more useful than Stats. </p>

<p>Hmmm it’s like every school does math differently. We don’t have algebra II, at least I don’t think we do.</p>

<p>V Same happened to me for math too.</p>

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<p>^^ In my middle school Alg I counted as a high school credit. Same probably goes for OP</p>

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<p>It might give admissions pause if they see it on the transcript. It’s hard to know really.</p>

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<p>@Spatula- Quite a few of my intermediate school courses counted for high school; that includes being factored into my GPA.</p>