Online course question! Please help!

Applying to College
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<p>So to fulfill a practical arts requirement at my school, and continue taking art all four years, last summer I took this online summer course in Economics. It was a huge joke (three 20 question quizzes, untimed, answers verbatim from the thin textbook), but I was a bit careless. I did take it seriously...but the first test I did without using my textbook since I thought I should be "honest" and unfortunately I did pretty poorly. I wasn't able to make up for the first bad test grade, and in the end, I was one question wrong away from getting an A! Anyway, I got a B, and my friends told me it didn't really matter since it wouldn't go in my GPA and it didn't seem like such a big deal since it was this stupid, can-finish-in-a-day, "course," that I only needed to take to graduate. </p>

<p>I'm worried though since it shows up on my transcript, and on my transcript, the joke that the "class" was isn't really illustrated...It just says Online Course taken, and then Economics - B. Most of my other academics are pretty solid - 3.6 GPA, 2320 SAT, so will this in any way hinder me? Will Admissions raise an eyebrow? (If needed, I'm applying to Skidmore, Oberlin, Hamilton, Vasser, Bard, and Rutgers).</p>

<p>UGH in retrospect, I really regret not taking the class seriously enough. I know it was really dumb of me!</p>

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<p>anyone? pleaseeeeeee!</p>

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<p>Talk with your guidance counselor about this one. Some colleges will re-calculate your GPA to include that course. Others won’t consider it because it wasn’t at your home school. Your counselor might have some idea about the policies at the schools on your list.</p>

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<p>A B isn’t going to kill your chances…</p>

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<p>I know a B isn’t that big of a deal but it just irks me since it was such a stupid class and I was wondering if the nature of the class would be clear to anyone who is looking at my transcript!</p>