<p>Yes, I know there is already another thread like this, but my situation is different, so I figured I'd start a new one.</p>
<p>I went to a really good public school for my first two years in high school (top 50-60 in the nation), and then I started studying at home (extracurricular reasons). I now take classes through Indiana University-Bloomington, and I'm taking all college courses. They offer 4 AP classes for high-schoolers like me, one of which I took my junior year (AP Calc. got an A, but didn't take the AP test). I decided not to take the other three because I wanted to take the undergraduate courses.</p>
<p>So I'm wondering if this will help or hurt me in the admissions process. I'm a senior, and for first semester, I took four college 100-level courses (all A's), and for second semester, I'm taking three 100-level, one 200-level, and one 300-level course. </p>
<p>Will this look good on my transcript, or would colleges expect me to have taken all of the APs offered AND the AP tests? Keep in mind that I'm not taking community college courses, but courses from an accredited university (ranked about 71st in the nation).</p>
<p>and I’m asking about an Ivy I really want to attend. it’s the only Ivy I applied for, because I’m a music student so all other schools are conservatories who don’t really care about grades/test scores.</p>
<p>So, if I understand correctly you are home schooled? If so, I’m not sure there is a simple answer to your question. Your college of choice would typically compare your course choices and grades to those of other applicants from the very same high school. They are looking to see if you took the more/most rigorous courses available as compared to other applicants from that school, and how well you did compared to those applicants.</p>
<p>My sense is that your application would be reviewed as “unique”, and that the home school aspect would be more important in the review than the specific courses you chose in your online studies.</p>
<p>If my understanding regarding your online coursework is incorrect, in that you are still in the same “physical” high school as for your first two-years, and you’re taking online courses in addition to your regular high school courses, then my sense is that the details of the online courses matters some, but only a modest amount. What will interest the admission committee most is what/how you’re doing during regular school hours at your high school.</p>
<p>fogcity: thanks for bringing up a point I forgot to mention. Technically, I’m not “home-schooled,” because my school has a CEEB code. Rather, “I study independently.” My teachers are college profs whom I email/call if I need help. </p>
<p>There is no one else from my school who is applying to the Ivy I’m applying for, I cannot be compared to anyone. But I am taking a very rigorous courseload and I will graduate with honors.</p>
<p>Smiles - Calm down, mediopollito, all will be well. There are other kids out there with similar transcripts. At my child’s school, all juniors and seniors take college courses at a good college. When they apply to colleges, they tend to do quite well. Feedback is that the colleges to which they apply see that these kids can handle, not just college level material (aka APs) but college courses.
I can’t tell - are you doing online or live college courses?</p>
<p>hahah, thank you, nemom
and yes, i am doing online courses! i live in north carolina. </p>
<p>beautiful: a ranking of 71 is better than a CC, which is where a lot of high schoolers take college courses. plus, even though I’m in high school, I’m in college because of the courses I’m taking. that’s sort of my thought…and now that i think about it, I do agree with nemom. AP courses are college level material only, not real college courses.</p>
