Coursera, local university, Yale

<p>So I’m in AP Stat and the teacher is the worst excuse for an educator ever</p>

<p>I studied for a past test for at least 15hrs even though we only had a 2 day notice and went through every practice problem in PR, Barrons, and Yates 3rd edition.</p>

<p>The test had completely different problems and this has been the trend for the last couple months.</p>

<p>My last chance to drop is in two weeks. If I drop, I can take another statistics class at a local university (better than community college but not that great). I could also take a computer sciences course, biostatistics 2, etc.</p>

<p>Another option is to take a class from *************</p>

<p>My school would give me credit for that online class but I have heard that colleges are like whatever to Coursera so idk.</p>

<p>The last option is to take a course at Yale which is about 45 minutes from where I live and the class would be 3x a week. I would also have to pay $5000 for it.</p>

<p>If I drop the class, it will never show up in any document.</p>

<p>So my question is, what should I do? If I stay in the class then my highest grade possible (like everyone else in our class) would be a B-…ew</p>

<p>The real question: local university vs Coursera vs Yale</p>

<p>I have ruled out Yale mostly unless someone else can give a good reason. I don’t have $5000 honestly and the scholarship was refused for statistics because I have no background in it.</p>

<p>other info:</p>

<p>my transcript would say (pretend it’s biostatistics from johns hopkins):</p>

<p>IS Biostatistics Johns Hopkins University Honors (Grade)</p>

<p>*The IS means it is not in the regular school curriculum</p>

<p>the classes I’m taking this year if we ignore AP Statistics:</p>

<p>Honors:
American Literature: A+
US History: A+
Foreign Policy: A+
Spanish: A
World Religion: A+</p>

<p>AP:
Chemistry: A+ (probably 4 or 5 on the exam)</p>

<p>College Courses:
Classical Physics-Yale-scholarship (free): A+
Organic Chemistry-Yale-scholarship (free): A+
Multivariate Calculus-Yale-scholarship (free): A+
Biology Lab Informatics-Yale-scholarship (free): A+
Modern Algebra-Quinnipiac University-scholarship (free): A+</p>

<p>Extra Credits:
Volunteer Work: 1 (no grade given)</p>