<p>My son is in the exact same position, wanting to major in anything but STEM; maybe psychology, philosophy, business, economics, but mainly undecided. He took Calc AB and Honors Chemistry this year. Next year he will take AP Statistics and Astronomy; he absolutely has no interest and doesn’t want to take an AP science. He will also take 3 other AP classes (Lit, Gov, Micro) along with AP Stats, so I feel he is taking plenty of AP’s in his areas of interest.</p>
<p>My opinion: I don’t think it is a good idea to skip a year of both math and science, and I think the AP Statistics will be valuable for most social science majors, but the science does not have to be AP. It is important, though, to take the highest level of classes offered in his areas of strength and interest.</p>