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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please expand and give more info, AP Stat poster. My 11th grade son is currently taking AP calc. AP stat is what he was going to take next year. Is this not right? U of Md is his first choice school. I never went to college so I want to make sure I do right by my kid. If you have info that AP stat is frowned upon please tell us why. Thanks~[/quote]

I posted that and it is what we were told by the guidance office at our MCPS (one of the W's).  Nothing wrong with AP Stat, and frankly it is probably much more useful for the non math major than multivariable calc, but for the kids looking at super competitive colleges they don't want to see kids lightening up their schedule in sr. year.  AP stat can be taken as a second math class.  I think for UMD, as long as it isn't for engineering or science, AP Stat is fine, especially if your child got through AP calc. and got a 4 or a 5 on the test.

I think the same logic applies to AP Envi Sci - great as a second science class but not a replacement for a AP chem, bio or physics.  Again I think this applies to the most selective colleges, or for kids on a math/science track, not for all colleges.

There are kids at our HS who take AP calc in 10th grade.  They end up having to do something off campus sr year to get the next level of math.  Usually those kids are on a math/sceince track though so it make sense.  The challenge comes for the large numbers who are taking AP calc as juniors and who maybe don't want or need to take multivariable calc in 12th grade.[/quote]

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