Ty Kirton: Since you fail to mention what online school you attended and the homeschool laws where you live, it is impossible to answer your question.ETA: ROFLMAO....You failed to say in your original information it was a private online school and somehow that is our fault. Critical thinking isn't a skill you've acquired is it?
Elbert Donatelli: First the question you didn't ask, but that we're all answering: What is the legal definition of "homeschooling"? Independently homeschooled students are the only students who are "homeschooled". Those are students are students whose parents have taken on the responsibility of their education. Students of public cyber schools are publicly schooled. Students of private cyber schools are privately schooled, same legal standing as students of your local Catholic high school. Wait. None of that is quite true, in my state and several others, all independently homeschooled students register as a private school. In the eyes ! of the law, they, private cyber school, and brick and mortar private schooled students have the same legal standing. There is no legal definition of a "homeschooler" here. Ok. To answer the question you asked about whether you would apply as a "homeschooled" student if you attended a private online school. That depends upon the universities admissions guidelines. You really need to contact a university admissions officer to clear up your question. The states' legal definitions may not matter to the university in so far as how they want you to apply. Some universities may have a separate admissions process for independently homeschooled students. HOWEVER, some universities place all "non-traditional" students into the same group for application purposes. That means anyone who didn't physically attend school, whether they were independently homeschooled, attended a public charter online school, or a private online school, etc...... That's simply because they want the! same test scores and additional information from all students! who did their work at home. Notice here that they don't get all worked up over the definitions, they simply tell the different types of students what they'd like. They might prefer one type of student over another, but basically they do it to see who actually excelled and who is using their school style as the way the excelled. As a result, nobody needs to get upset over this either. It's just the way the university wants to evaluate applicants, and the laws on homeschooling don't specify how the universities do that. They do what works for them. Here is a university that places all "non-traditional" applications together: (click on the "nontraditional" link. http://admissions.ucr.edu/Admissions/pathsAdmissio...With other universities, it is less clear about whether a private correspondence school student would provide the same materials as a homeschooled student. Here Stanford University says, " it is not necessary to follow a prescribed or approved home-schoolin! g program. The central issue for us is the manner in which you have gone about the learning process, not how many courses you have completed.". Hmmm. Since independent homeschooling is rarely "prescribed or approved" it would seem they are placing students whose education was home based together for the application process. But without asking an admissions officer, we wouldn't know the answer to that question. http://admission.stanford.edu/basics/requirements/...Again, you really need to contact those universities you're interested in. There is no "standard" in university applications....Show more
Mahalia Brindle: How can you be homeschooled and not know the difference between homeschooling, which has nothing to do with the public schools and online public schools? You most certainly were not homeschooled if you attended an online public (was it free? ) school. It was 'free' because the taxpayer paid for it. you're welcome.
Lyman Gauld: Eh. I got your q! uestion immediately. Perhaps that's because I have reading comprehensi! on skills. You're asking how the university wants you to apply. Well, it would be best to ask them how they want you to apply. The legal definition of homeschooling and state laws governing it and what they university wants from you as an applicant have not one thing to do with one another. ZERO, ZILCH, NADA. No law specifies what a university wants from any student. No law states what they can ask for. They evaluate you any way they see fit. So contact an admissions officer at the university. The popular table of homeschooling moms on YA isn't going to send out your acceptance letter. And from a lack of experience comes incorrect information. LMAO at being "our own worst enemies"....Show more
Edwina Fu: I attend a PRIVATE online school. So no, I don't have to thank you. I suspected what the difference was, but I wanted to be sure.
Brenton Cornwall: Technically, no. Online school is *usually* run and controlled by the public school district. (Especial! ly if it was "free.") Therefore your grades and such would all fall under the jurisdiction of that state's Dept of Education. Homeschooling parent, OTOH, don't have to deal with the Dept. of Education, and their requirements are different. Colleges usually will treat homeschoolers like out-of-state applicants, which means they put more weight on standardized test results, like ACT / SAT versus your GPA and class rank. I would assume that they are wanting to know if you adhered to the public school standard in your state, or if you were governed by education standards set elsewhere....Show more
Whitley Leopold: Well since you're at home while taking online school, then it would be a school at home(homeschool).
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