<p>I wasn't sure where to put this thread, so whatever.</p>
<p>Anyways, so I finished Calculus BC my junior year, and I wanted to continue doing math into my senior year. I've already exhausted the math classes at my high school, and my local community college isn't offering any (that I can take). Right now the only option I see is the Stanford EPGY class for Multivariable Differential Calculus, but the class costs $740...</p>
<p>My question is are there any other options as far as taking a class (less pricey). And also can I put down EPGY as a class on my application, for the commonapp under "Current Year Courses", I'm not sure if that section is limited only to classes I'm taking at my school, or is EPGY fine also? Would I have to send in a transcript from EPGY?</p>
<p>Also does anyone have any experience with the EPGY math courses? Are they worth the money? I don't really want to self study because I want the fact that I'm taking a math class beyond my school to show up on my college applications.</p>
<p>By the way I live in California, in case you guys want to suggest things that are limited to some states.</p>
<p>Many colleges have dual enrollment programs where the school or district pays for your classes. I’m taking Multivariable Calculus and French that way this year, and I know other students who are taking as many as 4 classes.
Sometimes, the district only has such a program set up with a community college, or the student can only afford to pay for classes at a community college. So maybe you can’t go to Stanford, but if there are other colleges or universities nearby, you may be able to go to those.
The first thing you should do is see your counselor and call schools near you to see if they have programs. For the program here, the application is due in May. And anyway, a lot of colleges (all the semester schools, I think, and some others) have already started, so you should really get on that. Also usually, if you don’t want to take evening classes, your HS will have to organize your schedule so you can get out early to get to your college classes, so you don’t want to wait too long to do that.
If you’re doing dual enrollment, then the class is part of your HS classes, and you should put it down. If it;s an additional class, put it in the additional info section.
If it turns out that you or your parents have to pay for it, if the class is $740 total, I think that might be worth it, but if it’s $740 per credit hour, I’d say no.</p>
<p>If cost is prohibitive for EPGY, dual enrollment should be the first option you look at, but as Millancad said, get on that right away. If that doesn’t work, you might try to get the district to pay for EPGY. That will take a lot of fighting on the part of you/your parents, though, especially with the budget problems your district probably has by virtue of being located in California.</p>
<p>Oh, the EPGY class is the online one, and since it’s math I can start at at the beginning of any month, and the class is self-paced. Thanks for the clarification about dual enrollment and classes, I’m not sure if my school offers that since I hadn’t heard of anyone ever doing that. I will look into it though.</p>