Roadrunner, the answer is that she is homeschooled and her material is associated with a private school. You then list each course and assign the appropriate provider for that course (AP Chemistry, PA Homeschoolers.....AP Bio, CTY.....etc). So there is a way to show that the kid is homeschooled but associated with a private school that will issue a diploma, and also associate each course with the appropriate provider. EKS, it is considered homeschooling the exact same way that, well, homeschooling is homeschooling. For example, D21 took courses through all different providers (CTY Online, PA Homeschoolers, two different colleges, a few other providers) plus she had courses at home that were homemade. All decisions on coursework and providers etc were made by our family, we then let Clonlara know what D21 was doing. Clonlara is great - they are as hands-off or as hands-on as you ask them to be, and they offer suggestions and guidance when asked. We used Clonlara to put everything into one transcript, and the homemade courses are considered Clonlara credits under their Off-Campus program. So the education is exactly the same, just that instead of or in addition to the homeschooling transcript, Clonlara issues a transcript. The advantage with the Clonlara transcript is that Clonlara is an accredited private school. So during college application season, the kid can apply either as a homeschooled student or a private school student. My D21 applied as a homeschooled student through the Common App with a note that her homeschool program had oversight through Clonlara. Of course, homeschoolers don't NEED oversight from accredited schools, but due to personal circumstances (health reasons), I wanted D21 to have that extra insurance in case something happened to me before she graduated. Clonlara would have helped her put everything together and made it a bit easier for her to transfer into a public or private high school with the homeschooled credits she had already earned.

Thanks again for your input - For the Common App, I explained that Clonlara is issuing their own transcript and that they were aware (and supportive) of the fact that D21 was applying as a homeschooler. So all information was given, nothing being hidden. With the three schools she asked, they each said it sounded like she was more of a homeschooler than a private school student, so she could apply that way. For the UC application, it seems like D21 would either be considered a homeschooler with the material being "associated with a high school" or a private school student. It doesn't matter to me which way D21 applies as long as its in line with whatever the UCs want. I'll share the UC's response to my detailed question when I receive it.

Thanks for your response. D21 is nearly finished with her Common App applications, and she is applying as a homeschooler via the Common App. Several of the schools to which she is applying said she should apply as a homeschooler instead of a private school student, since she is basically a homeschooler with Clonlara consolidating everything into a transcript. Clonlara is fine with their students applying as either homeschoolers or private school students. It's a gray area according to many and so a choice can be made. I noted on my counselor and course description documents that Clonlara is my daughter's umbrella school and would be issuing a dilpoma, but that we are still considered homeschoolers by our state. In other words, I briefly explained everything and the reason for her applying as a homeschooler, and was transparent as possible. For the UC app, things are different. If she should be considered a private school student, then does she list course providers used for the various courses since Clonlara did not issue the content for the PA Homeschoolers/CTY/etc courses, etc.? Or should she be a homeschooled student and say she attended all the schools/providers at the same time and explain Clonlara will issue a transcript..? When reading the application and the instructions, D21's situation seems to straddle many possibilities. I have sent a detailed email to the UC help desk folks and hope they can tell me exactly how D21 should proceed.

Thanks for your response! My daughter is applying from out of state, yes. I tried joining the FB group you mention, but they state they are for CA residents only.

Hi there, I am new here - I made an account a long time ago but am just now joining in. Nice to meet everyone. 🙂 I have a daughter who is almost finished with the Common App applications but who would also like to apply to a few U of CA schools. We use Clonlara as an umbrella school, but my daughter has had many classes with all different kinds of providers (PA Homeschoolers, CTY Online, college courses, etc). Clonlara puts it all on one transcript but makes a note on the transcript of which courses were taken by which provider (I have health issues and wanted someone besides me keeping track of everything as the years went on, just in case). My daughter is applying using the Common App as a homeschooler, but it looks like she should apply to the UC schools as a private student through Clonlara..? On the U of CA app, they ask to list each high school attended...so should my daughter put Clonlara and CTY Online etc etc since her courses were taken at many places besides Clonlara (though Clonlara consolidates them all into one transcript)? What about PA Homeschoolers - they do not have PA Homeschoolers listed as a school. Sorry if this is confusing. I did send an email to the U of CA system to ask for guidance, and I am going to talk with Clonlara to see what they recommend, but I was wondering if there was anyone here who had a teen accepted to a UC who had applied using an umbrella school..? Is there a tutorial online somewhere for homeschoolers who are applying to the UCs? I looked in the threads in the pinned aanouncements, but did not see anything specific to the UC application. (I'm pretty sure my daughter has the a-g course requirements covered). Thanks!