<p>I was wondering if colleges will consider you home schooled if you used an online high school. I know that technically it is an actual school but you're still studying at home rather than in a class room. </p>
<p>If it matters, the school is accredited and issues actual text books, course plans, provides counselors, assigns teachers and pretty much everything a normal school does just without the brick and mortar building. Will colleges consider this a homeschool program or treat it just like a normal high school?</p>
<p>I’m in the same boat. Although I dislike the curriculum (K12), it is a far better opportunity for me than a brick and mortar school simply for the lack of social pressures and also the self study, which I excel at. Currently I’m thinking of transferring out to another online HS (Advanced Academics) that offers far more APs and simply a better written, sharp looking curriculum, but I’m curious as to what colleges see it as.</p>
<p>Yes, they consider that homeschooling. That’s one of the challenges, I’ve found, as so many different forms of homeschooling are all lumped together–the online virtual high schools, the fully-educated-at-home, those who did a post-secondary option along with their studies at home, the unschoolers, those who mixed and matched from various curricula…</p>
<p>I don’t think you can say that there is any one particular format colleges like. The biggest difference comes in who prepares the transcript. For example, my son took some online classes through UT Austin High School. They gave him a grade but I put together the transcript. However, he could have enrolled as a full-time student in their state accredited program. Then they would have issued the transcript and diploma. I think in that case, it’s considered something along the lines of distance education. There is a difference as far as the NCAA is concerned for athletes. </p>
<p>In your case, unless the school indicates that it was a distance education program, how would they know? Also, if the school issues the complete transcript, then the college doesn’t really have to deal with it like they would with homeschool transcripts. Accreditation matters more for public schools in some states and the NCAA.</p>