Virtual Campus vs. AoPS Online: Which Program is Right for Your Student?

Virtual Campus vs. AoPS Online: Which Program is Right for Your Student?
At AoPS, we understand that every student learns a little differently. That’s why we’ve designed our K-12 programs for varied learning preferences, age ranges, difficulty levels and subject matter.
AoPS Academy Virtual Campus and AoPS Online School — share some structural similarities, but still differ in key ways. To help you select the program that’s right for your student, we break down the main similarities and differences between the two.
Once you’ve chosen the right program, a placement test or consultation will then ensure your student starts in the right level and class.
Key Similarities
Same curriculum developers
Designed by PhDs from MIT, Princeton, Stanford, and more, all of our engaging curriculum is shaped by a common educational philosophy. Curriculum centers on higher-order reasoning skills and deep conceptual understanding.

Experienced, well-credentialed teachers
Our instructors across all programs were once star students themselves. A veritable “Who’s Who?” in the world of advanced education, they teach at AoPS to share their love of learning with the next generation of intellectual leaders.

Outstanding peer groups
AoPS programs are designed for high-potential students with a great love of learning, so students across all programs have wonderful classmates (and future friends!) to engage and learn with.

Features at a Glance
CS/Programming
Chemistry
Physics
Language Arts
Multiple teachers per class