<p>I wanted to know if some of you could help me. I was homeschooled when I was younger and I now I attend a junior college and next semester will be my last. I am in the process of filling out college applications, and for highschool, what do I put "homeschool," but then were is my certificate? Should I even bother creating a highschool certificate or should I just get my GED? </p>
<p>P.S. I will be applying as a transfer</p>
<p>Yes, you can just put "homeschool" for high school. You can make a diploma if you like. In any case, if you are considered graduated from homeschool, then if they ask, "Do you have a high school diploma?" you can truthfully answer "yes." I don't know the laws in Illinois (if that is where you homeschooled), but in most states there is no official homeschool graduation certificate. So it is entirely up to you and your parents if you are considered to have a diploma or not. In any case, if you are applying as a transfer, I can see no point in taking the trouble to get a GED. It shouldn't be necessary. (unless the school to which you are applying requires it, but most don't.)</p>
<p>what program or how would i go about making my own diploma?</p>
<p>nosx, if I were you, I wouldn't distract myself with making a diploma until after my applications were sent out. It's more important to focus on putting together the best application you can. I'd put some more energy into essays, or make sure my homeschool transcript (if you're sending one) is in order if I were you. You can fiddle around with making a diploma once that's done if you think it's necessary. (You can purchase certificate paper and print on it with any word processing program, or use a graphics program to make it look however you want.) </p>
<p>I agree with Susantm that you probably don't need to worry about getting a GED. There's a lot of controversy about GED's in the homeschooling community. Some think a GED on your record makes you look like a dropout, and a homeschool diploma would be more respected. </p>
<p>In practice you probably won't need either. My daugher applied and was accepted to a competitive college. She specifically asked her school if they wanted her to take the GED, and they told her no. I've heard of people needing to present high school diplomas for various things other than college applications, and in all cases I've heard of, a home made diploma sufficed.</p>
<p>alright that sounds cool, but how do I go about creating my scorecard. I should have done this a long time ago since im filling out applications now.</p>
<p>nosx, here's a good place to start if you haven't read this thread yet:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=131008%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=131008</a></p>
<p>It's a good idea to contact the admissions offices at any schools you are applying to find out exactly what they require from homeschoolers. Most colleges are not concerned with grades issued for home based courses, but prefer that you have some graded work from an outside source. You'll have grades from your junior college work, so you'll probably want to focus on a good list of what you did when you homeschooled. </p>
<p>If you kept records of your homeschooling work it will be easier to create your transcript. If you didn't, it will be more work, but it's still possible to pull it together. </p>
<p>I can't think of the title off hand, but there's an excellent book available with great suggestions for pulling together a homeschool transcript. I recall one suggestion for jogging the memory if you have to build your transcript from scratch: Read through a high school catalog (online or off), and look at each course description. If you know you covered the material in a particular class, add it to your own list, with the part of the description that applies to the work you did. Then customize the description to accurately cover the work you did. Talk with parents or other involved to determine when you did that work. Go through your bookshelves and/or library records for the supporting material if the school(s) you are applying to require it.</p>
<p>One college that my son applied to requested course descriptions and a list of textbooks, novels, aids, websites, etc. I took great pains to pull together a very professional looking document, making certain that everything in it was consistent and stylistically correct. Often form is a good indicator of substance. He was accepted EA.</p>