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[quote=Anonymous]A bit of struggle can be a good thing, developing an understanding of the need to study/apply themself and with the greater attention brought by the chllenge resulting in a deeper understanding, along the lines of the old adage, "We learn more from our mistakes."  A mix of As & Bs shouldn't be seen as a failure, as long as there is the guided review of missed items that engenders that better understanding; though the conundrum of GPA impact would have us all want to see just enough of a tilt towards As to preserve that, the reality is that that isn't going to happen for everyone.

The various PPs have provided good info about paths, and AP Stats is a very valuable course.  I'm not sure if college admissions offices see it quite on par with AP Calc BC, as it might not represent as much rigor, but it [i]should[/i] be seen that way for most outside of the hard sciences/math/engineering as stats applications apply across a much broader spectrum of majors/careers.

Without the college admissions community broadly publicizing information to that effect, perhaps an applicant's using space on application essays to describe that which they've found interesting in stats, and how that might influence their future studies, would be received well.[/quote]

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