[nabs-l] Scheduling

[Arielle Silverman]

If your major is going to require calc or higher, and you take AP calc
and pass the AP exam, you can completely get out of college math.
That's what I did and I'm glad I took calc as a high school senior
with a Braille text instead of waiting until college where Braille
might have been a rare luxury. On the other hand, if you know for sure
that your major won't require calc, you can do stats instead. I
thought that a B.S. in psychology requires a semester of calc, but
perhaps I am wrong about that? I personally think stats is much easier
than calculus, for whatever that's worth. So if you have to take both
and can only take one in high school, I'd probably suggest taking calc
while you have the support and Braille access, which won't be critical
for stats. Just my thoughts.
Arielle

On 2/28/14, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lillie and all,
>
> I agree with some of what has been said, but here's another spin on
> it.  Of course, I have a slight advantage in knowing what you're
> looking into for college majors since we personally know each other,
> so here is what I would suggest.
>
> Speaking as someone who is in a very humanistic field, and who is in
> the psych department a lot and knows a lot of people getting their B.S
> degrees as well as those in other humanities fields, I would recommend
> going with the AP Stats course.  I wish I had taken it senior year
> when I had a little more support instead of waiting till college to
> take stats, and I don't, nor do any of my psychology friends, have to
> take any other math.  Sure, psych majors have to take experimental
> psychology which has a little math involved, but it's nothing like
> calc from what I understand.  If you know you're going to go into a
> humanities major, and eventually a career, I wouldn't waste your time
> with calc or trig.  Sophie had a very good point that you'll probably
> have more support in AP stats than you would have in a college stats
> class, plus you can get it out of the way and never have to deal with
> math in the disabilities office which can be a big advantage.
>
> However, I would encourage you to fully research the math requirements
> for your chosen major(s) at the universities you are considering, so
> that you are aware of them when making your final decision.
>
> On 2/28/14, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lillie, ironically, I had the same dillemma this year. I'm a
>> junior in high school and in Algebra II, just like you, and my
>> math teacher and the head of our math apartment wanted to take AP
>> precalculus. I am NOT a math person, so I wanted to take a
>> statistics class. The important thing to realize is that
>> ultimately, scheduling is up to you and your parents. If it works
>> the same at your school as it does at mine, the teachers cannot
>> force you to take anything, especially if it's an upper-level
>> class like AP. That said, I do agree with the many people who've
>> said that your prospective career determines what class you
>> should take. But if your career does not require advanced math
>> like calc and trig, go ahead and take the stats class.
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net
>> To: "nabs-l at nfbnet.org" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:16:25 -0500
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Scheduling
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi everyone
>> I am scheduling classes for next year. I am in algebra 2 now. The
>> powers that be want us to take precalc or trig, which is just
>> essentially a watered down version of precalc. I have extremely
>> no desire to take either of these courses, and want to take ap
>> stats instead. I have the prerequisites for this class. I asked
>> my math teacher if I could do this and she said technically I
>> could she did not recomend it. My parents are okay with my
>> decision. I filled out a form overriding her recomendation and
>> although she signed it, she told me that there would be trig in
>> stats and I would need it later in life. I am wondering if anyone
>> who who has taken stats knows if I am missing anything
>> catostrophic by not taking trig? Thanks
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