Posted: 1/11/2018 11:33:09 PM EDT
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I thought a compiled list of schools would be good to have for homeschoolers. I may or may not agree with all of this list but they are options.
Patrick Henry College Hillsdale Pensacola Christian College (graduated from here) Bob Jones University Moody Bible Institute Veritas Evangelical Seminary Liberty University Feel free to add to the list as I may not know of some. |
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Originally Posted By Jarem08:
With the current trend of gov schools, I thought a list of alternatives would be good to have. I may or may not agree with all of this list but they are options. Patrick Henry College Hillsdale Pensacola Christian College (graduated from here) Bob Jones University Moody Bible Institute Veritas Evangelical Seminary Feel free to add to the list as I may not know of all. |
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Originally Posted By GlutealCleft:
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Originally Posted By GlutealCleft:
WGU It’s not about class time. It’s about learning. WGU’s approach to learning is designed to fit your learning style, your schedule, your life. All of our programs are competency-based, which means you’ll earn your degree as soon as you can demonstrate that you’ve mastered the material. Competency-based education (CBE) measures actual knowledge, not time spent in class. Finish courses by proving what you know, as soon as you're ready. With competency-based education at WGU, success is measured by actual learning, not class time. You advance by demonstrating that you've mastered the course subject matter—whether you learned it here or picked it up through years of work experience. Very interesting.... my kids are taking a free class on computer science and programming at Code.org, where it's "move at your own pace." It's an interesting concept. For many disciplines, it makes more sense than a lockstep pace. |
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My kids and their peers have not had any issues getting into UT, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU etc.. most of them have been offered multiple scholarships up to full tuition coverage.
All of the top schools in Texas readily accept homeschoolers and will rely heavily upon SAT scores for entry and scholarships. Most of the schools consider homeschool kids as top 25% automatically for class rank and then use SAT as the determining factor for entry. As an alternative, Many of the kids in the Austin HS community have an associate degree from the community college at graduation and are evaluated as transfers (ACC has a program awards a high school degree and associate upon graduating). |
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Originally Posted By tamu94:
My kids and their peers have not had any issues getting into UT, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, TCU etc.. most of them have been offered multiple scholarships up to full tuition coverage. All of the top schools in Texas readily accept homeschoolers and will rely heavily upon SAT scores for entry and scholarships. Most of the schools consider homeschool kids as top 25% automatically for class rank and then use SAT as the determining factor for entry. As an alternative, Many of the kids in the Austin HS community have an associate degree from the community college at graduation and are evaluated as transfers (ACC has a program awards a high school degree and associate upon graduating). |
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Originally Posted By Yeremyahu:
In Florida high school grade students can duel enroll at a community college, nice jump start to their bachelor's degree if they want to pursue one. 
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Originally Posted By spartacus2002:
It’s not about class time. It’s about learning. WGU’s approach to learning is designed to fit your learning style, your schedule, your life. All of our programs are competency-based, which means you’ll earn your degree as soon as you can demonstrate that you’ve mastered the material. Competency-based education (CBE) measures actual knowledge, not time spent in class. Finish courses by proving what you know, as soon as you're ready. With competency-based education at WGU, success is measured by actual learning, not class time. You advance by demonstrating that you've mastered the course subject matter—whether you learned it here or picked it up through years of work experience. Very interesting.... my kids are taking a free class on computer science and programming at Code.org, where it's "move at your own pace." It's an interesting concept. For many disciplines, it makes more sense than a lockstep pace. Originally Posted By spartacus2002:
Originally Posted By GlutealCleft:
WGU It’s not about class time. It’s about learning. WGU’s approach to learning is designed to fit your learning style, your schedule, your life. All of our programs are competency-based, which means you’ll earn your degree as soon as you can demonstrate that you’ve mastered the material. Competency-based education (CBE) measures actual knowledge, not time spent in class. Finish courses by proving what you know, as soon as you're ready. With competency-based education at WGU, success is measured by actual learning, not class time. You advance by demonstrating that you've mastered the course subject matter—whether you learned it here or picked it up through years of work experience. Very interesting.... my kids are taking a free class on computer science and programming at Code.org, where it's "move at your own pace." It's an interesting concept. For many disciplines, it makes more sense than a lockstep pace. I already had a lot of college coursework done from a local community college back from where I was from, and had actually started college courses before I started high school by taking German during the summer between 7th and 8th Grades at a local private school. We had lived in Germany when I was a kid, and both my parents are fluent German speakers, so that was a huge resource. If I could go back in time, I would have never gone to high school, and would have just hit the library and college courses per my interests. Anyway, fast forward decades later and I finished my Business degree from WGU in 3 years on ACF and GI Bill. I actually enjoyed WGU's approach, as there is no, "Ah, you missed these so you get an 88% grade." You either fulfill the requirements and demonstrate competency per all of their rubrics, or you don't. If you don't, you aren't going to pass the course. It was a totally different approach to college work, that's for sure. I really appreciated the Critical Thinking Course that was part of general ed requirements. Everyone should take a Critical Thinking Course and become familiar with the elements of thought and critical thinking standards. |
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| ohh, I can join you! I am also for homeschooling and after the 3 grade I began to teach my daughter at home, so I actually feel the judgment towards me! Are there any groups for people like us? otherwise I feel a bit lonely in this matter... By the way, do you happen to know glasgow postcode list? We need to send a couple of packages thereohh, I can join you! I am also for homeschooling and after the 3 grade I began to teach my daughter at home, so I actually feel the judgment towards me! Are there any groups for people like us? otherwise I feel a bit lonely in this matter... By the way, do you happen to know glasgow postcode list? We need to send a couple of packages there |