I’m a homeschooled junior who really wants to get into the university of Pennsylvania and I was wondering should I take online college courses to increase my chances to getting accepted?
Your question is unanswerable. It isn’t a matter of online vs in-person vs at home classes. It is a matter of academic rigor, level of achievement, and who the student is as a whole. A homeschooler can be a student who has taken everything online and be completely avg just as easily they can be a student who has taken everything at home at an above the norm level of rigor.
It comes down to does the student’s academic record stand out? Does the student bring something to the campus that the school desires?
Fwiw, recently there was an extremely advanced homeschooler who DE at UPenn for multiple semesters including a grad level course and who earned top grades who was rejected by them. Admissions is unpredictable in terms of who will be accepted bc that was definitely not anticipated. But the reverse is not always true. Who will be rejected is predictable in many cases.
Excel as who you are. Take challenging courses. Have a solid transcript with top test scores. Apply. But what gets a student accepted is far more complicated than that.
Thank you for your reply.