Do edX courses help with admission?

<p>If one completes edX courses for biology/computer science/etc and receives a certificate, would it help increase his/her chances of admission? Just wondering if Columbia accepts those kinds of online courses.</p>

<p>Don’t know if it’ll help with admission but I can say with 99% certainty they will not accept them in lieu of classes there. It isn’t like an AP credit or anything like that. </p>