<p>I take FlVS courses for the benefit of free classes, and learning.
However I know some people who take online classes ''Just'' so they can raise their GPA. Is this nessecary? Do many people do this? Does it look good on your college app? </p>
<p>Thanks for any input guys.</p>
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<p>1) No, it's not necessary.<br>
2) Yes, lots of people do it.<br>
3) It looks as good as any other class if you got a good grade in it.</p>
<p>I tend to take FLVS classes because some of the classes my school offers are sub-par. I also took two other classes, World History and Health, because I couldn't stand to sit through the regular classes for a whole semester, so I just wanted to get them over with faster. I only know a few people that have taken an extra FLVS class to pull up their grade, but for me the limited amount of high-level FLVS classes wouldn't help with an AP-saturated courseload.</p>
<p>I spend about more than half of my school day in online courses. Perhaps my insight would be of some use. For background, this semester I am taking online:
Honors German III (Oklahoma State University), Cultural Anthropology and Sociology 101 (University of North Carolina.) The last two give me college credit, by the way.</p>
<p>I do not know of people taking online courses to boost GPA, only to take classes that normal high school would not allow.</p>
<p>Online courses look as good as regular classes with a good grade, if not better. Online courses take more maturity and discipline compared to regular classes.</p>
<p>My $.02</p>
<p>I don't receive credit for online classes at my school.
But they sound good to me.</p>
<p>at my school in order to be in the top 10 you probably need to take at least 1 or 2 AP classes online per year. so yeah, quite a few people take online classes to boost their GPAs</p>