Is it so terrible to end 12th on AP Calc BC if want to major in CS / you were on advanced math track?

[Anonymous]

Can he take AB in 11th and BC in 12?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CS majors do not need STATS. Data science sure, but not CS. AB to BC is fine if you can't do multivariable calculus.

CS at UMD requires stats as part of degree requirements. So that is not true.

Not OP. Remind me not to send my kid to UMD. There is nothing wrong with STATS but it's a waste of time for CS. Nonsense to include it.

Wait to you find out what nearly every college in US requires that CS majors take an ENGLISH class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CS majors do not need STATS. Data science sure, but not CS. AB to BC is fine if you can't do multivariable calculus.

Calculus is far less useful than stats.

A huge portion of "CS majors" end up doing something related to data science. Stats is part of a basic liberal arts education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CS majors do not need STATS. Data science sure, but not CS. AB to BC is fine if you can't do multivariable calculus.

Calculus is far less useful than stats.

A huge portion of "CS majors" end up doing something related to data science. Stats is part of a basic liberal arts education.

Most CS majors require a calculus course.

[Anonymous]

My DS went to Multivar and had to take a placement test in college anyway. So yes you can take all the courses you want in high school but a majority of schools are going to want you to either test in or retake a more in depth college course. You'll want them to have a good grasp of the class to go forward so you might want the advanced math to be taught in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CS majors do not need STATS. Data science sure, but not CS. AB to BC is fine if you can't do multivariable calculus.

Calculus is far less useful than stats.

A huge portion of "CS majors" end up doing something related to data science. Stats is part of a basic liberal arts education.

A portion of stats concepts are based in calculus.

[Anonymous]

You can take stats in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CS majors do not need STATS. Data science sure, but not CS. AB to BC is fine if you can't do multivariable calculus.

CS at UMD requires stats as part of degree requirements. So that is not true.

Not OP. Remind me not to send my kid to UMD. There is nothing wrong with STATS but it's a waste of time for CS. Nonsense to include it.

Wait to you find out what nearly every college in US requires that CS majors take an ENGLISH class.

PP here. I was a CS major. You need English to be able to communicate your findings (in writing or orally). You don't need Statistics in CS.

[Anonymous]

Isn't it supposed to be the same curriculum nationwide? Has AP Stats changed in the last 20 years? I took it and AP Calc AB my senior year. I found it was very math oriented and considerably easier than Calc. I am very average in Language Arts but got an A+ in the class and 5 on the AP exam.

The one problem I ran into when researching if I wanted to pursue grad school was that I got college credit for it with the AP exam, but many graduate programs require college level stats within a certain time frame of applying (5 years?). So unless I went to grad school basically right after undergrad, I would have had to pay to take the college course again.

[Anonymous]

My son who is now a senior at Purdue in CS found AP Statisrics to be difficult because there is a lot of arguing analysis through writing, He is Aud-DHD and very literally and has a hard time with writing. He did fine in the requisite English classes in college but he did need a tutor and to use the the wiring center. Just food for thought. When he took Statistics in college it was much easier. Not sure if that's College Board fault or Purdue is just good at it or he was more mature.

[Anonymous]

^ "very literal"