<p>My son has an extracurricular opportunity that will require him to homeschool or enroll in an online high school for his Jr. year. We reside in a very homeschool friendly state. </p>
<p>Ive looked at the U of Missouri online high school program and they offer classes that match the classes he was going to take in public school next year, AP Euro History, German 3, AP English Lit and Composition, Chemistry and Algebra 2 honors. </p>
<p>My concerns are twofold. I think he might enjoy a mix of online textbook classes with richer more interactive classes. I think U of Missouri only has an online textbook approach. My other concern is that this course load may be to ambitious for him in conjunction with his extracurricular activity.</p>
<p>He is on track grade wise and SAT wise to include some selective schools on his college list and Id love his Jr. year at home to enhance his chances while keeping him stress free. </p>
<p>Would colleges look favorable if he took college level classes in the 4 subject areas to fulfill his Jr. year? If so what colleges offer online classes and what 4 classes would you guys suggest in each core subject area? Does one semester in a college course count as a full year of a high school classes? If so he could split his school year up with two semesters of 2 classes along with a high school level German 3 that would run the whole school year. This idea sounds very manageable to me even with his outside school commitment. </p>
<p>Also, would he then send colleges his public school transcript and a homeschool transcript for his Jr. year when applying? </p>
<p>Thanks you all for your help</p>
<p>My son took community college classes dual-enrolled with homeschool-highschool classes for a few years, and it worked quite well. We typically counted semester-for-semester in the high school transcript, though I had heard the two-for-one conversion before; he did NOT have a way-cool time-consuming EC. 
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<p>You would create a homeschool transcript, naming the classes, with the college as the provider. You would send 1) the homeschool transcript you created, 2) the highschool transcript from earlier years, 3) the college transcript.</p>
<p>Thank you GeekMOM. Do you know any colleges that have daul-enrolled online classes? That seems to be the hardest thing for me to find. Does my son have to pick college classes that would mimic the ones he was planning on taking Jr. year in public school? Thanks again.</p>
<p>Another idea that came to mind is having him sit for the GED and spend the year studying for the SAT and SAT II. But then he would not be able to go back to the public school for senior year.</p>
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Any college class he could take could be dual-enrolled and included on his high school transcript. People tend to use community colleges just because they’re set up for people to go easily (no applying in fall for the following fall). So any online classes you can find. Check your local community college or state university - there are zillions but I don’t know specifics.
Bad for many reasons. 1 - most people don’t see a need for GED when you have a homeschool diploma. 2 - can’t go back to public school for senior year. 3 - If you then call him a high school graduate, any college classes can’t be “dual” enrolled, and he’d be a transfer student, and it’s harder to get admissions at many schools as a transfer student. 4 - Shouldn’t need to spend a year studying for the tests.</p>
<p>Thanks you GeekMom. I needed to hear that.</p>