<p>So I want to take an AP Biology class online via either JHU's CTY Online program or Northwestern's CTD GLL program, but my school district will not give me credit for the course or put in on my transcript. :(</p>
<p>I was wondering if, when applying to colleges, I could send the transcript of the course separately? Will the colleges that I apply to include the grade from the online course in my GPA? More specifically, will UCs include the grade in my UC GPA? </p>
<p>Because I have had to switch schools several times in the past few years, the number of weighted classes I've been able to take is fewer than what I would have wanted and I'd hate for that to negatively affect my chances of getting into the colleges I'm interested in. :( :( :(</p>
<p>In dire need of advice…the deadline to submit applications for CTY Online’s Accelerated Spring option is this Saturday. D:</p>
<p>More than likely you won’t be able to include the grade in your online class on your high school GPA. But you send credits you get from AP classes to the college/university from collegeboard, not your high school. Credits you get from AP classes do not reflect the grade you earned in the class. Say you get an A in AP bio, that is reflected on your high school transcript, not your college transcript. You merely get the credit for the class assuming you receive a score of 3 or higher, not the grade you earned in the course. The course is designed to prepare you for the exam, which is what gives you college credit. The course isn’t an actual college class. It looks better if you earn AP credits, regardless of whether through your high school or online, because it may be that one bump that puts you ahead of someone else. Not doing something, or not making an effort, is never better than doing something. Also, when you take the AP exam, there is a survey that will ask you where you prepared for the exam, which includes a traditional high school setting, or an online course. Formerly, anybody could take an AP exam even without taking a coordinating course, but they changed that because there were too many people failing them because they never had any instruction on the subject and the pass rate for the exams made them look much harder. But taking an online class is legitimate, and will be accepted in UC schools.</p>