<p>I posted this in another threat, but whatever.....</p>
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<p>This is a little long, but I'd really appreciate it if you read through it all and helped me out.</p>
<p>Does anybody know how to take an AP course online? I Googled it, and it's not like there's a specific site (like collegeboard, etc.) that you can do it from.</p>
<p>Has anyone here taken an AP online?</p>
<p>My dilemna is this: I might want to major in biology in college, but I'm not totally sure. Regardless, I'd like to be able to take interesting classes that could help me decide where I want to end up, and in order to take interesting classes, I want to place out of crappy intro courses. But I didn't realize that APs might be important until now (I'm going to be a senior), and I didn't study at all for the APs I've already taken so far. Now, I haven't taken AP Bio yet, but I can't take it next year because I've already got a packed sched. (I'm taking another science course that I'm more interested in)....</p>
<p>Anyway, I want to take the AP Bio Exam and hopefully place out of an intro to bio course in college, BUT I don't want to take the actual class...I'd rather take the course online and do everything on my own (I'm good at science, so it should work out)......</p>
<p>some more questions (thanks to anyone who's still reading):
-So, what are the online AP courses like (how do they work?)?
-Has anyone here taken bio?
-Is bio (or any other online course) tough? Is it worth it to take it online (pros/cons?)
-Is it possible to take an AP course online even if your school offers it? (i.e. does your school have to not offer it/ do you have to be homeschooled, etc., in order to "qualify" for an online course?</p>
<p>I haven't taken an online AP course, but I have taken bio classes and tested in bio (both HL IB and AP this year actually). Compared to my IB test, the AP was WAYYY easy. There isn't too much detail (well..compared to IB) on that test, much more concept based. It's not TOUGH per se, it's a lot of memorization. If you got discipline, you can study it...cause it's not a matter of how "good" you are (well, not TOO much), but more of how much time you put in to it.</p>
<p>As for signing up for a course, you'd have to go ask your school counselor for that.</p>
<p>i took calc bc online through northwestern ctd. they may have bio, you should check their website. i took bio at school and before you sign up for a class, think about how to handle the labs. they are a pretty big (~10% + 1 FR) part of the test and it would be helpful if you could actually do them. check with the teacher at your school. he/she might let you do them when the class does them. i don't have any online bio experience, so maybe they offer something with labs, but you should definitely make sure that you have them covered.</p>
<p>You're in luck. I took Bio online this past year with Johns Hopkins' CTY Distance Learning programs. It was a great overpreparation for the AP exam, and the course was not too hard. Besides, the two lowest grades on tests were dropped :). The only problem was the exorbitant cost (1100 bucks...) It's good though, because now I can get school credit for it. (Not that it means much lol)</p>
<p>But <a href="http://www.labbench.com%5B/url%5D">www.labbench.com</a> covers the labs. You can always read them up there. My course did go over certain lab experiments in the lectures though (such as meselsohn and stahl, northern, southern blotting, gel electrophoresis)</p>
<p>In an online course (forgot to answer your first part) There are CDs filled with lectures which you must do according to a timetable provided by the teacher. In addition, it's recommended you do the exercises at the end of each lesson. Each chapter test is due by 11:59 on a friday night, and the midterm and finals are the most important. Study hard for them; make sure to download the word version of all tests, who wants to use a fax machine from 1990?</p>