A Level Statistics - any experience?

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Hi, sorry this is not an AIBY but posting for traffic.

DS started college this week doing 4 subjects including Statistics, he adores Maths and excels at it.
4 days in he wants to drop stats as he says its boring and he is doing stuff he covered in Yr 8.
Also said he has looked at past A level papers and its really basic.
My argument was well you'll get an easy A* then (his argument is he's better to drop it and focus on his other 3).
Has anyone's DC done this subject at A level? Does it get more interesting?
I've told him to speak to his tutor as it could be that for now they are just getting everyone to a similar level and it will get better.
Any feedback would be appreciated.

I work in maths education and have never heard of anyone doing maths, FM and statistics.

Statistics is a great A Level with a lot of emphasis on interpretation of the results so will have a different emphasis to maths and FM.

However I'm probably going to go against the grain and suggest that he might be better off considering something like an extended project of he has the options. He could choose an area of statistics that he's interested in or do some kind of research and use stats to get a conclusion. This would also give him study skills and so much more

Thanks everyone. He's home from todays lessons and we've had a chat (told him I've asked the wise mumsnetters).
As well as covering old ground he now thinks its going to be boring for the next 2 years and can't seem to get past that. He understands that he will soon learn new stuff but as a PP said it might not get truly complex until after A Levels.
I will show him the links that people have kindly sent and try to either speak to his tutor or get him to. He said he will power on for a month before considering further.

YABU

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back in the dark ages i did Stats O level in a year because we had to have it to do A level economics. I later studied economics and stats was a huge part of that. And i felt the same as your son, OP, at the beginning, that it was all boring old hat.
Not sure what it's like for A level now - but mine really got very interesting very very quickly. And an understanding of statistics is so important in so many fields now, it is a really good thing to have under your belt.