<p>Halfway through my junior year, I opted to take an online Spanish course (IV). I had previously decided to not enroll in Spanish my Junior year and opted for other classes, but then, long story short, I came to fall in love with languages in general and really wished that I could continue studying Spanish my senior year. So, I managed to cram an entire year of Spanish IV into a third of a year with an online course, on top of 4 APs and a few intensive extracurriculars. Due to how rushed I was, and how crunched for time it all was, I was "only" able to get an 88. This shows virtually no improvement over my previous year, Spanish III, in which I, quite frankly, did not give a crap. This probably wouldn't be a problem for any other class, but because I mention and discuss language (albeit not Spanish) in my essays and it is intimately tied to what I want to do in the future, I feel that the mediocre grade is contradictory. I'm currently doing much better in Spanish V, but I don't think that colleges see that for RA.</p>
<p>So, my question is, is it appropriate to mention the nature of the online course in the additional information section of the common app? Or, is it generally seen as something to be utilized for more extreme cases, e.g. death and grieving resulting in a period of low grades, of certain absolute grade anomalies, like a D in a score of As?</p>
<p>note: I do not believe that my transcript indicates that the course was online.</p>