teeterbunch 108 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 My son is a junior this year and is taking pre-calculus/trig. He is planning to major in Economics. I think he would most enjoy a year long AP Statistics class next year, however, I don't know if he "needs" calculus on his transcript. Another option is to take a semester of Calculus followed by a semester of Statistics at our local community college. Advice?? Ashley Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wapiti 7,304 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Whether he "needs" calc for his transcript depends on whether he is interested in applying to selective and/or highly-selective colleges. In the long run, he will need calc in order to take calc-based statistics or econometrics in college. Calc is a prerequisite for econometrics. He could take calc when he gets to college, of course, preferably freshman year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Granny_Weatherwax 8,351 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 No direct experience here but a couple of DS's friends are entertaining econ and/or actuarial science as college majors. They opted for both AP Calc and AP Prob and Stats. I agree with Wapiti. Many selective schools are looking for calc on the transcripts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peach 22,493 Posted December 6, 2014 Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 I was an Econ major the first time around :) If he can do both, do it. Unless the CC courses will transfer, he'll have to take them in college and having some knowledge under his belt will be a huge help. I'd never done stat and it was an absolute beast for me at the college level. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pawz4me 38,862 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 DS will major in business if he can get accepted to the (extremely competitive) business school at UNC next year. If not, economics will be his major. He took both AP statistics and AP calculus in high school. If you can only get one in I'd go with calculus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bootsie 8,179 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 Do you know if he wants to do an economics degree in a business school or through a liberal arts/humanities school? He will need calculus at some point for economics. How much he needs it on his transcript for college admission will depend on where he aims to go to school. Some economics programs and specialties are highly mathematical and others are not. Having a good, solid math background is important. Generally, I think calculus will provide a stronger background than statistics will at this point (but, of course, it always depends on the teacher, etc. for any given class). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cjzimmer1 4,058 Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 While we haven't been looking at economics majors, when looking at colleges in general I've seen more than 1 as specifying 4 years of math but stats doesn't count as math. So I would say take calc to ensure 4 years of math but take stats too if he can handle the load. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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