Prospective English Major: AP Stat or AP Calc AB?

surferbeach
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:54:33 +0000

As a School Counselor, if you plan on majoring in English or another liberal arts subject, AP Stats should be fine as long as you take a math class in your senior year.

However, in terms of admissions and the competitiveness of NYU, Precalculus and Calculus are subjects that contribute to a rigorous high school curriculum in general. Since you are taking Trig/Pre-Calc, you are most likely being prepared to take AP Calc AB.

If the rest of your schedule already seems heavy and you don’t want to risk not doing well or want to focus on other parts of your application, NYU Admissions will see that.