<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I'm currently in quite the odd situation with school and need some help/advice.</p>
<p>I'm currently in my senior year and will be graduating next Spring. </p>
<p>I've been homeschooled since 6th grade and have held a 3.9-3.95 GPA up until this point throughout high school. This year due to my parents financial situation and an illness I suffered, I come into my senior year late. </p>
<p>Now for school it has come down to me getting a job/loan and continuing my homeschooling or go back to public school.</p>
<p>Going back to school is no problem for me, but theres one stipulation that seems extremely risky to me. The stipulation is if I return to school I start out with all F's for the first quarter grading period. That basically means even if I get straight A+'s the entire year I'll still only finish with a D average and a rediculous GPA of 1.1.</p>
<p>Due to my illness, I haven't been able to properly research the college application process and whatnot so I'm not sure how big of an impact this will make. Obviously, having a GPA of 1.1 looks terrible for being accepted to a college, but my question is, will they just look at the GPA and throw my application away or look over my actual grades for the year individually and my past grades from 9-11th grade? How much of an impact is this going to make on my college chances? Is there any point in even going back to school or should I try to scrape some money up and continue my home schooling to try and continue my 3.9 GPA? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any advice/answers given.</p>
<p>If you've been homeschooled 6th - 11th grades, they're going to look at you as a homeschooler. I'm not sure how homeschoolers calculate GPA or how the colleges handle them, but I know many homeschoolers get into very selective colleges and do extremely well so the colleges must be used to dealing with it.</p>
<p>Your application should include a major explanation of your situation and why your hs is giving you all F's for the first quarter. (Frankly, I find that a bit harsh on their part). Your situation, coming from homeschooling and an illness, is definitely unique and a college should take that into consideration. The key is your EXPLANATION of what happened, backed up perhaps by a letter from your doctor?</p>
<p>Your year-end 12th grade GPA is irrelevant, as colleges make decisions in Feb & March. They will see all F's for the first quarter, which you will EXPLAIN. They will probably hold off on any decision until your second quarter grades are in. At that point, if the 2nd quarter grades are great, they will probably accept your explanation and go with those grades.</p>
<p>I'd call a couple of admissions offices of schools you're interested and ask for their take on the situation as well.</p>
<p>Worst case, you do a year of community college, then transfer.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Is it even legal for the school to do that? They have to accomadate serious ilnesses</p>
<p>I guess it is legal. The councellor sounded almost angry talking to me when we spoke with her. She was trying to discredit homeschooling saying it wasn't on their level of education and wasn't challenging enough and if I even went to that school I would probably fail.</p>
<p>Lafalum84- Thank you for the advice/information, I'll definitely call a few admission offices today when I have some time.</p>
<p>That sounds more like they're doing it mainly to punish you for not giving them the money they recieve when you're enrolled in their school...Check out the regulations regarding homeschooling and stuff in your state, and maybe try HSLDA's website?</p>