<p>I need to take Physics (preferably honors, AP, or college level) next year outside of high school to remain just as competitive as other applicants for my target schools, but my search leads to a ending road. I can't find a single affordable online class! Please someone help me...I've googled and moogled just about everything. By affordable, I mean <$150...if that's possible. I wanted to take the class at the community college in the fall, but the class is only offered in the morning. Thank you so much ahead of time!</p>
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Wrong, wrong, wrong. That’s the mindset colleges don’t want to see–taking extra courses so your transcript/resume looks bigger. Colleges assess you as a whole, not as individual classes. You seem to be approaching this from the wrong direction.</p>
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Well, if you want credit for it, it’s not going to be cheap 9_9.
Most of us don’t have magic powers, except when using Google ;).</p>
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See above.</p>
<p>In short–you’re probably out of luck. EPGY and CTY will offer these courses, I think, as might CTD (although I think that’s exclusively an on-site summer offering), but they’re going to be more expensive than you’d like (e.g., [EPGY’s</a> “AP Introductory Physics”](<a href=“http://epgy.stanford.edu/applyandregister/tuition.html]EPGY’s”>http://epgy.stanford.edu/applyandregister/tuition.html) course is $495 for one quarter; CTY is even more).</p>
<p>I don’t want to take Physics just for the transcript. I also want to learn about the subject…I just don’t have room in my schedule. If I were to self-study it, how would I indicate so on the commonapp? Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>What grade are you going into? And what state are you from? That might help us.</p>
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Well, you wouldn’t. Self studying doesn’t count for credit.</p>
<p>But that doesn’t mean “don’t self study”. Do it, and learn. There are way too many free educational resources So when/if you take it in college, it’ll be easier. And it’ll be a good challenge, but if you work hard, self studying could lead to a good score on the AP Physics test(s) you take. Now that will go on your application, and it’ll count.</p>
<p>Some great resources:</p>
<p>*[CMU</a> OLI](<a href=“https://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/physics]CMU”>https://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/physics)
*[OCW[/url</a>]
*[url=<a href=“http://www.saylor.org/search-results/?cx=002968112993853077169%3Aajs4ptvccdw&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=physics&sa=Search&siteurl=www.saylor.org%2Fmajors%2Fmechanical-engineering%2F#929]Saylor”>http://www.saylor.org/search-results/?cx=002968112993853077169%3Aajs4ptvccdw&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=physics&sa=Search&siteurl=www.saylor.org%2Fmajors%2Fmechanical-engineering%2F#929]Saylor</a> Foundation](<a href=“http://www.ocwconsortium.org/courses/index.php?option=com_coursefinder&view=search&Itemid=9&q=physics&l=&s=&uss=1]OCW[/url”>http://www.ocwconsortium.org/courses/index.php?option=com_coursefinder&view=search&Itemid=9&q=physics&l=&s=&uss=1)
*[Academic</a> Earth](<a href=“http://academicearth.org/subjects/physics]Academic”>Online College Courses & Accredited Degree Programs - Academic Earth)
*[Khan</a> Academy](<a href=“Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice”>Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice)
*[OER</a> Commons](<a href=“http://www.oercommons.org/courses/21st-century-physics-flexbook-a-compilation-of-contemporary-and-emerging-technologies/view]OER”>Log in | OER Commons)
*[url=<a href=“OpenStax”>OpenStax]Connexions[/url</a>]</p>
<p>There are many, many more free resources out there. But self studying for the hardest AP test won’t be easy :).</p>
<p>Thanks for the resources! 
Of course I want to learn the subject for myself, but how can I get credit, not actual credit–but acknowledgement, for learning Physics (Stanford: most competitive applicants have 4 years of math, English, social studies, foreign language, and science)? I’m a senior, so how can I put “am taking AP Physics test” on the application?</p>
<p>I’m not sure how you’d put that on the application, but I asked what state you were in because some states provide free online classes to in-state students. If you’re in Florida, they have FLVS, which is a legitimate virtual school for anyone (not just FL students… but you have to pay if you don’t live in FL, although i believe it’s only $150 either for the whole year or per semester I don’t remember). My friend was planning to take honors physics there. I’m pretty sure they offer AP classes, too. I would check it out and see which ones they offer.</p>
<p>I would think your high school would have a way to make classes taken outside of your high school show up on your own high school transcript. The way they do it when people take classes at night or during the summer. There should be a form you need to fill out. </p>
<p>You can take high school physics through BYU for under $300. It isn’t AP but it’s physics. </p>
<p>[BYU</a> Independent Study - Online Courses](<a href=“http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/description.cfm?course=orion_10045852]BYU”>http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/description.cfm?course=orion_10045852)</p>
<p>Same thing at Indiana Univerisity. online high school physics. Just a bit more expensive. Still under $400.
<a href=“http://iuhighschool.iu.edu/courses/highschool/courses/9641[/url]”>http://iuhighschool.iu.edu/courses/highschool/courses/9641</a></p>
<p>When my daughter couldn’t fit health into her h.s. schedule, she took it at Indiana U. When my son couldn’t fit health into his h.s. schedule, he took it through BYU. Both programs were fine.</p>
<p>You know, the Physics B AP test is pretty easy. My D took honors physics and didn’t have trouble with the Physics B AP test - a little extra study on the topics the class didn’t cover. (The Physics C tests are harder and they require calculus.)</p>