What do colleges think of online foreign language programs?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm a senior and I am applying to colleges like Middlebury, Hamilton, Kenyon, Oberlin, BU, ConnColl, etc. My schedule is pretty intense--I'm in mostly honors and AP courses and I even take an extra 8th period as opposed to the regular 7 periods. However, I am very tempted to drop my AP French class at school and take one online instead. This is partly because it messes up my schedule and is preventing me from taking another class that I want to take. Another reason is that I really dislike the teacher's style--she loves putting people on the spot and humiliating her students, etc. It's not something that I want to deal with on top of all my other courses. I've researched it a lot and I think that the Middlebury online french course sounds really excellent. So my final schedule would be:</p>

<p>1st period (honors)
2nd period
3rd period (AP)
Free 4th period
5th period (AP)
6th period (AP)
7th period
extra 8th period
--plus online AP French course</p>

<p>Will this look really weird to colleges? All the extra/free/online periods? Also, will most accept the online course as legitimate? Thank you so much.</p>

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<p>If the online AP French class will show up on your high school transcript, I see no problem with it. In my daughter’s school, lots of kids take online classes, sometimes because our school doesn’t offer that particular AP class, and sometimes because of scheduling conflicts. In this case, because it’s an organization the school works with frequently, the online school grades are reported right on the high school transcript.</p>

<p>You should probably ask your guidance counselor about this.</p>