AP Stats
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Anonymous
| He would be better placed taking AP Physics of some kind |
Anonymous
What would be an example of a more rigorous elective? I'm assuming he is already going to take AP Lit, AP Govt (or some AP Hist), AP Physics E&M (or AP Chem, AP Bio), and AP foreign language to round out his core classes, right? |
Anonymous
| My Junior is taking AP Stats and AP Calc AB and has enjoyed both so much that he is now looking at being an applied math major. Go for it! |
Anonymous
| Feels like he should take one of the harder AP Physics classes. AP Stats is an easy class that won’t enhance his transcript if that’s what you’re going for. |
Anonymous
| Why is everyone feeding the obvious troll |
Anonymous
| What schools offer Number Theory? |
Anonymous
I would hazard a guess that 75% of the OPs here qualify as "troll" and some are just better at wearing the parental disguise than others. |
Anonymous
It's a discouraging trajectory.l that screams overacceleration. BC Calc in 9th, but then spent a year in each of the 1-semester follow up classes? Number theory is a softball math elective -- middle schoolers take that at AoPS. I hope he has a strong AIME + USAMO to show that he really learned the math and didn't just rush through cramming it. |
Anonymous
| My advanced math kid took AP stats as an extra elective in 12th grade. Stats is useful but he did think it was pretty easy. Too bad as kids should have a good stats option. No big deal. He got into schools! |
Anonymous
AP Stats is a walk in the park course. What are the other rigorous choices? they better be something that leaves one begging for mercy... |
Anonymous
| It is an elective course. If the other “core” courses are the most rigorous, just relax. Many kids take art, band or choir for an elective. I think electives can be anything your kid is interested in, OP. Whether the colleges agree is another thing, but I have given up trying to mold my kid into something he isn’t. Have a drink and relax. Your kid was in Calculus in 9th grade. I think he will be fine. |
Anonymous
Why call it discouraging? If the kid took these classes at school, they were likely full year classes. If through dual enrollment, then they would be similar to college classes which are semester-long anyway. Besides, a college level number theory class is no joke -- too many theorems!! The AOPS NT is just simple stuff that is covered in the first week of a college level class and is mostly algorithmic. |
Anonymous
+1 What other classes are under consideration? Colleges would expect the 5 core classes (AP or post-AP math, science, history, English, foreign language) and then 2 electives. AP Stats would be a good elective. It isn't as though AP Economics or AP European History or AP Environment Science or a post-AP Computer Science class would be viewed as much better. Just go with what your student likes. |
Anonymous
| OP here, weird that some folks think I’m trolling, but thank you to those who offered helpful comments! In answer to the latter, DC’s other classes next year in addition to AP Stats would be as follows: AP Physics C, AP English, post-AP French, post-AP Computer Science, and post-AP Math (Number Theory). He’d be forgoing a History/Social Science class such as AP Government or AP Economics by taking AP Stats (he’s already taken AP US and AP Euro). |
Anonymous
That seems fine to me, plenty of rigorous classes. I assume you are not in VA where government is required? |