Okay I withdrew from high school on the middle year of my senior year .
I did it because I was 10 credits behind and my attendance was getting worse note that it was my last year and im 19 years old since nov 12 . I really am stressed out about if I would be accepted to college if I go to homeschool they only gave me a binder filled with all the courses I needed to complete all of them courses were only 25 questions for each course and I had to pay 200$ when I registered . She said it only worked in my state the diploma .
Idk what im getting myself into or if it’s a good thing to do in my situation I just need good advise and a person who can really show me that it ain’t bad and that you can still succeed and advise to what I should do next cause I already withdrew myself twice the second time is right now . Ima graduate from this homeschool I wanna know if I’m doing good or not ? Please be very helpful I really need guidance .
If I were you, I’d forget about high school. Instead, I’d go to a community college, do my best to transfer to a 4 year university afterward.
If you can answer these questions it will make it easier for members to give you advice. Please try to answer as many as you can, starting at the top with the more important ones.
- What state are you in?
- When you left your highschool did you get a GED, take another exit exam, or neither?
- When you were homeschooled were you part of a charter school or just an independent school?
- What college did you talk to (if any)?
- What was your unweighted GPA in highschool before you left?
- What was your SAT / ACT score (if you took it)?
- How much can your parents pay for college? How much can you contribute to that?
- What do you want to major in?
- Is English your first language?
what state are you in ?
im from san antonio tx
when you left your high school did you get a GED , take another exit exam, or neither ?
neither
when you were homeschooled were you a part of a charter school or just an independent school?
no independent school
what college did you talk to if any ?
north west vista college
what was your unweighted GPA in high school before you left ?
im not sure but im pretty sure not so good but decent
what was your SAT / ACT score ?
not sure
how much can your parents pay for college ? how much can you contribute to that?
i applied for financial aid 5000
what do you want to major in ?
business and chef i wanna run my dads resturant one day .
is english your first language ?
yes and i also know spanish
Please help me out
Why homeschool? What does “graduate from this homeschool” give you?
What’s wrong with community college and transfer?
I don’t want to sound harsh, but it’s all in you. Noone else “can really show you that it ain’t bad and that you can still succeed.”
It seems like you should plan to start community college in the fall or summer. I’m not sure that home-school degree from-a-binder is necessary, but if you think you can satisfy the requirements this spring, go for it. You are 19 – time to move on. If you didn’t go to community college in the fall, what are your other options?
There isn’t nothing wrong with community college im just scared the diploma im getting will be good enough for the college to accept it I don’t wanna go and they say your diploma isn’t good .
thanks for all the help .
Okay, since you’re in Texas, which has a very strong state college system, I assume there are community colleges that will make it easy to transfer to them. (In California, certain community colleges have transfer guarantee with some UCs and CSUs)
Try calling and emailing various community colleges about their admission requirements in terms of a diploma. They won’t care about your GPA or SAT scores so that shouldn’t be a problem. Make sure to talk to them about where you want to transfer to, and make sure to take all required classes.
Community colleges will be a good way for you to start fresh, not worry about the confusion with your high school / home school, and save money. Good luck!
From what I understand, you dropped out of high school because you were far enough behind that you didn’t feel like you could finish. And your attendance was bad enough that the credits you earned were probably being withheld anyway.
There are options to graduate with an actual legitimate diploma. I work at a dropout prevention school. We have had students complete 10 credits in one year. You have to go every day though. Students who stop attending get dropped from the program. With credit recovery, you work through courses mostly on your own with teachers available to help when you get stuck. You can check to see if there is a credit recovery option in your school district. Our school takes students up to 21yo, but they have to live in the school district.
Another option is getting your GED.
A third option is to do a 5th year of high school at home or through a credit recovery option like Keystone or American School or other program that is legitimate (NOT Master’s or Marque).
I’m assuming that you don’t have parents who could actually homeschool you to finish your high school, but if you do, then that is another option. My kids were homeschooled all the way through high school and they got into 4-year universities with scholarships, but they had test scores and grades at the community college to back up their transcripts.
After you either get a diploma (and I do NOT recommend using a diploma mill like Marque Learning Center or Master’s Learning Institute to pay for one) or a GED, you can go to community college. We have a very strong community college system here in Texas.
After you have built up a strong GPA at community college, you can transfer to a 4-year university.
The Alamo College system (where North West Vista College is) has articulation agreements: http://www.alamo.edu/mainwide.aspx?id=24149
What @awintx says is spot on. You aren’t homeschooling, and you wouldn’t doing yourself any favors describing yourself as homeschooled: you dropped out and failed to matriculate.
Community college will be the best way to establish yourself as a serious student.