Comment Re:The one thing to worry about.. (Score 1) 25
I don't think there's any discrepancy here. You had to get a transcript from the folks who created and provided your educational program.
So did we.
In your case, that was a private school. I'd be surprised if the college really required that your private school be 'state certified' (do you mean accredited?). They just wanted a transcript from the institution where you got your education.
In our case, it was a home school, ours. The people who provided that education were the parents, ergo, the parents had to sign the transcript.
It would have to be notarized if used to join the military. I can't remember if it had to be notarized for the college. I don't remember if I said or not, but we are talking three colleges- Purdue University, a community college, and a small, expensive, private liberal arts college. They all accepted our daughter. She did have excellent SAT scores, which is what really interested them.
As a point of interest, in about half the states home schools are legally private schools and cannot be treated any differently, and many, if not most, states do not require private schools to be accredited.
As another point of interest, some colleges have appointed liasons specifically to recruit homeschoolers because they have a reputation for being independent, self-starting, auto-didacts.
I think the educrats and educationists foster a lot of misimpressions about accreditation, state controls, and what is and is not truly required, for obvious reasons. A lot of things they like you to think are requirements are not.
Incidentally, Pudge- regarding the testing- if you are interested in standardized tests, you can get the PAS test from Hewitt research in Washougal, Washington. You can find out more about it from them, but unlike the NEAPs and Iowa BAsic Skills, there is not a chance of this test going on any 'permanent record.' The results are not databased, and they are sent only to the parents.
So did we.
In your case, that was a private school. I'd be surprised if the college really required that your private school be 'state certified' (do you mean accredited?). They just wanted a transcript from the institution where you got your education.
In our case, it was a home school, ours. The people who provided that education were the parents, ergo, the parents had to sign the transcript.
It would have to be notarized if used to join the military. I can't remember if it had to be notarized for the college. I don't remember if I said or not, but we are talking three colleges- Purdue University, a community college, and a small, expensive, private liberal arts college. They all accepted our daughter. She did have excellent SAT scores, which is what really interested them.
As a point of interest, in about half the states home schools are legally private schools and cannot be treated any differently, and many, if not most, states do not require private schools to be accredited.
As another point of interest, some colleges have appointed liasons specifically to recruit homeschoolers because they have a reputation for being independent, self-starting, auto-didacts.
I think the educrats and educationists foster a lot of misimpressions about accreditation, state controls, and what is and is not truly required, for obvious reasons. A lot of things they like you to think are requirements are not.
Incidentally, Pudge- regarding the testing- if you are interested in standardized tests, you can get the PAS test from Hewitt research in Washougal, Washington. You can find out more about it from them, but unlike the NEAPs and Iowa BAsic Skills, there is not a chance of this test going on any 'permanent record.' The results are not databased, and they are sent only to the parents.
