College courses (online, maybe) for HS students that are ‘independent’ from high schools?
Many high schools have AP programs and such that offer college credit, or they make deals with local colleges and offer classes at them and give credit for it. However, what I’m wondering is if there are any colleges or universities that offer courses to high school students that are "independent" from the high school you are attending. I hope you understand what I mean. I understand they’d still want to know grades and stuff probably, but I’m an advanced student, looking for possibilities for college. I would love to get college classes or credits or even just the work, but even though my school has AP programs and deals with local colleges, I would love to be able to sign up for a separate course. I don’t need high school in addition to any college credit. Just a college course or two I could do even though I’m in high school still. I’m in the St. Louis area (MO), but are there any online courses? I’ve read several articles on this, but none were specific. They mentioned students in one or two systems doing online coursework, or just talking about a general increase in high school students doing college work. Mentions of what I’m talking about, but no real results as to options.
Hope that made sense, and thanks. I’m very serious about college. I was going to go to an early-entrance college (live in high school type deal) but I moved and was unable to do that, so now I’m looking into other options for getting as much college experience and courses and credits as I can.
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I cannot help you with anything in the States, but in my country we have the Open University, where you can study for a degree at home, assigned your personal tutor and attending summer schools. The rest is done at home though.
The film "Educating Rita" got it completely wrong. You don’t have such a close relationship with your tutor as these two did. These days, I imagine tutorials would mostly be done by e-mail.
At the time the film came out, I was married to an OU student (who got a First and went on to become a Head Teacher and is now a County Education Advisor). She made a baby with someone she met at an OU summer school and divorced me.
You have to be incredibly self-disciplined to study for the OU, since nobody will push you except you. Also they have funny terms, and you find yourself spending all the summer studying.
Ask them if they would consider a foreign student.