I am thinking of taking a few edX internet courses. WIll colleges find that impressive?
I don’t know that they will think it’s the greatest thing in the world, however you should take them regardless! They are fascinating.
It’s also a way showing that not only are you self-motivated but you also can explore really specific interests. Also at my school I was able to add my certificates earned to my transcript, just including them in the PDF file.
All in all it certainly can’t hurt! With the competitiveness of college admissions every little thing that you can do to show your love for a subject matter can only strengthen your application, unless of course you didn’t do very well on a course from a university you’re applying to in which case you shouldn’t mention that course to that university.
Not unless you get some kind of certificate from them.