Any experiences with online classes (Calc 3)?

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My daughter is a junior in Calc BC. While she is doing well (high 80s I believe) it obviously is a challenging class, and I believe her worst grade. Next year she has to take a health class, so she has to drop something else, as she has her 5 core classes, Latin, gym (required) and band. She was planning to drop Latin, as she has a longer progression of Spanish and would take AP.

Today she found out that she can do Calc 3 online next year with the same teacher she has now. She would watch videos nightly, then hand in homework, and take a test after school every other week. This sounds like a recipe for disaster to me, but she desperately wants to do it.

I would prefer she speak with the Latin teacher and see if she can do an independent study somehow. She has a 98% in there. Not sure if that is possible or not.

Any thoughts? I think she is crazy either way. Other classes are AP physics, Shakespeare, AP Spanish, AP Gov, health and maybe Latin 3.

Do colleges view these any differently? Would they even know if it was through her HS?

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I would agree with you because Calc is much more difficult than Latin and it needs to be taught. There are usually a few who self studies in my school but it is really rare and they work incredibly hard. It is her choice to take it online. Because of her determination to succeed, I would have to agree with your daughter instead.