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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The colleges aren’t generally requiring calculus. It’s whether it’s a factor in admissions. It has been a bit a bit of a litmus test at some places but I think that’s changing and colleges are increasingly seeing the value of Stats for non-Stem majors. But it’s silly and misleading to point to the minimum requirements for a place like Harvard and pretend calc doesn’t matter. BC will likely tell you they want Calc while BU says Stats is fine. But we don’t know whether Calc will still look better than Stats at BU. Wesleyan still brags about percentage of entering class who took calc (and all three core sciences).
 This is a hot button issue in admissions and raises equity concerns (half of US high schools don’t even offer calculus!).

https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/the-case-for-de-emphasizing-calculus-in-college-admissions/#:~:text=Author%20Jeffrey%20Selingo%2C%20who%20wrote,for%20students%20who%20challenge%20themselves.”[/quote]

Supposedly colleges look at the transcript to check if kids are taking the most challenging classes.  That's why I think it's short sighted of parents to push kids ahead to Calc AB in 11th then stats in 12th.   I'd be willing to bet most colleges will be looking for Calc BC if it is offered.   [/quote]

It’s not obvious to me that AP Calculus BC is 12th is automatically better than AP Calculus AB in 11th and AP Statistics in 12th. I’d think on the contrary.[/quote]

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