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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He should take AP Stats.

My son, also planning a Humanities major, pushed himself into AP Calc BC and it was a disaster. He could perhaps have made a half-decent grade with a good teacher, but unfortunately the teacher was very rigid and didn't let the kids take grades tests home to study their mistakes, and he also didn't explain where they went wrong. I complained to the school but he was their only Calc BC teacher and they couldn't sway him. It ended up being extremely stressful for DS, when really, statistics would probably have been more useful.

Even with a D in AP Calc BC, he got into decent colleges, since he had straight As everywhere else, including in all the Humanities APs he could take, but the experience was terrible.[/quote]

My social science DS had a similar experience in AP Calc AB, and got a C both semesters, working with a tutor at end of the second.  His Top 30 ED2 school had no problem with it, so it varies.  Some reward the effort, others may punish.

The most important thing, though, is your kid’s mental health.  If he isn’t up for it, I wouldn’t push it.  [/quote]

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