Is Calculus or Stats More Advantageous for Student Success? It's Complicated

Calculus or Statistics: Does it Matter?

Foreword By Amber M. Northern and Michael J. Petrilli Are high school students better served by completing their math studies with calculus or statistics? This question has provoked lively debate in the education world, in the mathematics world, and in the college admissions world. But remarkably little is known for certain about what difference—if any—it actually makes. For years, selective college admissions offices have looked for calculus on…

Is Calculus or Stats More Advantageous for Student Success? It's Complicated

Both groups of students are equally likely to get bachelor's degrees and make similar amounts of money.