Taking Calculus 2 as a non-STEM major

baktrax
Fri, 25 Jul 2014 02:39:29 +0000

How confident are you in math? If you think you could do well in calculus 2 and that it wouldn’t hurt your GPA for law school, then I would recommend you just take it (as long as it doesn’t push back your graduation time). I just don’t think it’s worth picking a fight over with your parents, unless you think it’ll damage your ability to get into law school. You never know–you could change your major to something that requires Calculus. I know people who have regretted not taking more math or a higher level math class because of a major change or a double major but I don’t know anyone who took a higher level math class or more math and regretted doing so. Obviously, it’s a very small sample size, but unless you’re weak in math, I don’t think it will hurt.

But if you’re choosing between calculus and statistics, I would definitely recommend you take a statistics course. Everyone should take a good statistics class.