A-G Requirements (Laboratory Science Requirement)

Pre-College Issues Home Schooling and College
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am currently a 11th grader being homeschooled through a program in California that does not offer laboratory sciences. However, they do offer the science classes, I know that most universities in California that require that I take a laboratory science according to the A-G requirements, will universities outside of California such as (i.e. Yale, Columbia, University of the District of Columbia, which are my top college choices) require it to be a LABORATORY science or can it just be the science class with no lab as long as I understand and pass the tests/work?</p>

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<p>Are you near a city where you can take a community college class? Do you have any co-ops in your area that offer labs? You could also do online labs or buy some lab kits from places such as Carolina Biological, Rainbow Resource, or Home Training Tools.</p>

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<p>Lab Science for Homeschool:
Kolbe Academy, a prominent homeschooling orginization sells virtual labs:
[High</a> School Science - BIOLOGY VIRTUAL LAB ONLINE LICENSE #T5153B](<a href=“http://books.kolbe.org/store/p/566-BIOLOGY-VIRTUAL-LAB-ONLINE-LICENSE.html]High”>http://books.kolbe.org/store/p/566-BIOLOGY-VIRTUAL-LAB-ONLINE-LICENSE.html)</p>

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<p>I second the recommendation for a community college class - it’s always nice to have grades other than homeschool grades anyway.</p>

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<p>I’m already taking classes at my local community college they only let us pick 2 classes and a science wasn’t one of the 2 classes I chose. (I’m taking Ceramics and “Writing The College Essay”.)
Perhaps I’ll just use a virtual lab software.</p>