<p>I am a low income student with a lack of AP and honors classes at my school, and I really need to take a few this summer. And next year. The problem is I don't have the minimum $350 to pay for a class, and I can't find financial aid anywhere. Please let me know if you know of anywhere! Thank you.</p>
<p>If you’re in the state of Florida, FLVS is free. </p>
<p>edx.org — FREE</p>
<p>@livelaugh7 sorry to bother, but is Edx really a legitimate system? I looked it up and it seemed interesting, and I just wanted to make sure that it’s something I can get credit for.</p>
<p>One thing that isn’t really clear…do you want HS credit for taking these courses (do you want to count them as HS classes?) or just for college credit (credit/placement through the exam scores)? If you want the first you’ll have to talk to your school about their policy. For the second, all you need to do is test well; they don’t care how you learned the material.</p>
<p>Also, what types of subjects are you looking at? (History, English, foreign language, science, math, etc.) I’ll can try to give more specific sites once I’m aware of what you’re looking at.</p>
<p>Amplify has a MOOC for AP Computer Science (it’s online and free). It’s going slowly, and requires you to be dedicated and to pick up CS fairly easily, but it’s very clear and nice to follow along.</p>
<p>Udacity has many online courses (all free and self paced), but none specifically for AP exams. I saw an Intro to Java and Intro to Statistics which together with an AP prep book, may or may not be enough. (I haven’t done these courses so I can’t say)</p>
<p>Many states allow high school students to take one or two classes a term for free at a local college or university (concurrent enrollment). Check with your guidance counselor.</p>
<p>Many universities and community colleges have online courses that are really quite good, so if you can’t get transportation, this is still an option, and you can consider options even further away in the state through this concurrent enrollment option.</p>
<p>edX is basically regular classes repackaged for online. It grew out of Open Courseware at MIT and the first two schools were MIT and Harvard. It has now grown to embrace many other schools. There is also Coursera, which has a similar paradigm.</p>
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Why do you need to take online classes? Colleges will judge your schedule based on what your school offers. You are not expected to take classes outside of school to “keep up with” people who had more opportunities.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in taking more challenging classes, is dual-enrollment (taking classes at a local college or university) an option? In some states, high school students can take college classes for free or at a discount. A local community college might also offer inexpensive online classes, although there might be restrictions on high school students taking them. </p>
<p>MOOCs (like the classes on Coursera, edX, Udacity, etc.) are also an option, but you probably won’t get credit for them. </p>
<p>I love udemy</p>
<p>I want high school credit, and I wish to take them for further knowledge and preparation for college I suppose. Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I’ll look into them!</p>