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  1. We must have checked that school lunch box too. I wondered why I wasn't asked about any assets. We also had to enter all of our information. They didn't even ask about importing tax info.
  2. I utilized work study when I was in college, but have advised my own children to decline the option. In Florida it generally does not pay as well as outside jobs. Most work study here pays $12 an hour. I have two still in college, one makes $18-$19 an hour working one shift per week on Saturdays (usually a 12 hour, though she occasionally turns that into an 18 or 24 hour shift if it fits in her schedule) and the other makes $15 an hour as a lifeguard. Lifeguard positions here are very flexible in their scheduling allowing college students to update their availability each term and utilizing an online platform to allow continuous trading and pick-up/drop of shifts. He is usually scheduled for about 20 hours per week. Some weeks he gives up all of his shifts and some weeks works up to 40 hours. He appreciates the flexibility. Both of their jobs do allow students to study, as am EMT when not on a call and as a lifeguard during their off-time which is usually about 20 minutes each hour, though neither of my kids find the atmosphere condusive to study and generally read or chat with others during down times.
  3. Two of my family members earned the AS as radiology techs and then went on to a one year radiation therapy degree. They are both happy in their field and make about 80k per year. I've heard nuclear medicine and sonography are also good AS degrees in a similar field. I'm not sure what added benefit a BS degree would have?
  4. Are you under an umbrella rather than registered with the school district? If so, your umbrella should have advice. If you are registered with the school district Florida law states that you can test with your zoned high school. You should have a homeschool liaison that can contact the school on your behalf, if they are not allowing your son to register. Although it is possible you have missed the final registration date.
  5. He would get an A on his high school transcript, but the AS degrees are only using pre-req college classes to rank the students for admittance to their programs. So he would only get a 3.0 for that college class. For example, the AS degree in Respiratory Care has competitive admittance. In order to apply to the program students must first take A&P I, A&P II, College Algebra, College Comp, Amer Gov, and Humanities. They take the GPA of those six classes and rank the applicants. Then they take the GPA from all college classes taken and rank them again. Those two rankings are 80% of the decision process for admittance to the program. My son was going to CLEP three of those six classes and take the other three through DE, but a 3.0 on each CLEPed class would almost certainly knock him out of contention for the program.
  6. We have run across a possible downside, that might pertain to some students. My son was going to take three CLEP exams this past spring/summer. We have decided to wait and think about it more. The issue has come up regarding competitive AS degree programs at our local college. When applying for these programs they take the GPA of a few select pre-requisite classes and rank the incoming applicants based on that GPA. We called and asked what they do if some of those classes were completed using the CLEP exam. Passed CLEP exams are given a 3.0 GPA for each class. When they are only using six or seven classes, that ranks the student quite a bit lower than a student with all As.
  7. I think the title of her major is Health Sciences: Pre-Clinical, so UCF's version of Pre-Med. Her plan is to continue on to medical school. She has a three year graduation plan. Her advisors were good and her orientation overall sounds like it was much better than either of her sisters'. She declined the invitation to apply to the honors college.
  8. Interesting. My dd is attending UCF (leaves in three weeks) and her orientation advisor was excellent. They set up a degree plan and everyone was very knowledgeable. She called me while in the meeting to go over the plan because I sent her to orientation with a full plan in place (after really, really terrible experiences with her two older sisters at UF and UNF freshman orientations). Maybe it just depends on the major?
  9. It wasn't that recent, but my dd took Japanese I and Chinese I with Todd Godwin about 7 years ago. She liked Mr. Godwin. It was a very good experience for her, but the classes were just added at that time so the there were only a few students. Much of the class was devoted to individual speaking and coaching. She went on to take Chinese in college (Japanese wasn't offered) and felt well prepared after her CLRC class.
  10. It's difficult for anyone to get in these days. My dd got in as a homeschooler and I've known several other homeschoolers as well. It has not been my experience that it is any more difficult for homeschoolers than schooled kids at any of the Florida universities. For homeschoolers, test scores and dual enrollment credits are key as they will not give any weight to a GPA generated by a parent. They say they do not give more consideration to students that dual enroll with UF, but I'm not sure. My dd did some of her dual enrollment through them. If you are in Florida but not near the university they have online dual enrollment classes. If your daughter is prepared for dual enrollment, a couple of online classes through UF couldn't hurt. Good luck!
  11. I guess it isn't everywhere then. These are things I tell my kids to think about when they relocate. I worked 911 many years ago and we could pinpoint anyone on a cell phone anywhere in the county. It is very specific and gives exact latitude and longitude numbers as well as an exact point on the map. I had to use latitude and longitude when a worker called from a field on a farm. He wasn't from the area and couldn't give any information at all about his location. Since he didn't know any access points we had to send a fire truck straight through the fences and across the fields. 🙂 The only thing we weren't able to do then was locate what floor a person was on in a hotel or apartment building.
  12. I know here you can call 911 on a cell phone and it will pinpoint your location without you needing to talk at all. If you dial 911 and don't speak, officers are immediately sent to your location. You can also add your address and other important info to your cell phone so that it immediately pops up to the 911 operators when you dial - medical conditions of people in the house, pets in the home, emergency contact info, etc. I don't know, maybe that isn't available everywhere?
  13. 24.5 - all dual enrollment credits - no early high school credits 29.5 - two thirds dual enrollment - 5 early high school credits 29.5 - two thirds dual enrollment - no early high school credits 25 - will likely be about one third dual enrollment - no early high school credits
  14. If all goes according to plan I'm not really homeschooling ever again come June. However, my youngest will be in 11th grade and this is our plan. Summer Semester 2022 Modern States w/CLEP - American Government, College Mathematics, College Algebra Fall Semester 2022 Dual Enrollment: Spanish I, Anatomy & Physiology I, 2D Art At Home: Modern States w/CLEP - College Composition Spring Semester 2023 Dual Enrollment: Spanish II, Anatomy & Physiology II, Drawing I, Art Appreciation
  15. It is just a requirement to graduate from a public college or university in Florida. It applies to everyone. However, the state of Florida does not recognize homeschool grades in any form. The only acceptable grades for homeschoolers come from either testing (CLEP, AP, IB, Cambridge) or from the state run virtual school - FLVS. So students in school have the option of submitting high school foreign language class grades to meet this college graduation requirement, but as the state does not recognize homeschool grades, homeschoolers will have to take two foreign language classes in college if they have not earned them through FLVS, dual enrollment or testing while in high school.
  16. Do you have a zoned public school? I would start there. Here a homeschooler's zoned school is required to allow them to sit the exam. However, registration is already closed for this coming May.
  17. Dd received an acceptance - her first! - from UCF (University of Central Florida) yesterday. It is one of her top two choices. So now she is really indifferent to any other acceptances, but one. And now we wait, as we won't hear from her other top choice until March.
  18. No. I put mine in my kids' dress up box. I gave it away along with the rest of the dress up clothing once they were done with them.
  19. This is me too. My 19th and final year of homeschooling. My third child graduates this year and my youngest plans to dual enroll full time next year. Officially, the state will see us as homeschoolers for another two years, but this is the end of the road as far as me being involved. I am ambivalent as well. I think I will just give all of our homeschooling stuff away this summer and really put my focus on what comes next. I'm ready to get back to working full time. Our lives have changed so much over twenty years. We aren't a part of the local homeschool community anymore. My kids have all gone and grown up. Lol. Time to move on. 🙂
  20. I think the consensus is that it really doesn't matter. No one seems to have had any issues regardless of whether homeschooled or high school diploma was chosen.
  21. As soon as I read this I realized why homeschoolers' SSAR submissions are flagged and reviewed. Florida has a document that must be followed regarding high school equivalency credits. It is much more generous than it was for my eldest ten years ago, but it still isn't 1 class=1 credit, which I think many homeschoolers in Florida still try and use. Most math, English and first two foreign language classes are 1 credit. Most social science, fine arts, electives and third foreign language classes are 0.5 credit. It must be easier for admissions to flag the student submitted transcript (SSAR) as soon as it comes in to make any necessary changes regarding credits. https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7744/urlt/ACCAgenda-Feb2021-AppA.pdf
  22. As far as getting in to college: It probably won't hurt them at all if they test well on the ACT/SAT, especially if they are National Merit Scholars. If you want Bright Futures they will need to earn a minimal number of verified volunteer hours - 100. If all four years of high school work will be done at home, a few key dual enrollment classes would be a good idea. UF in particular looks for them. With dual enrollment being free and easily accessible, nearly all students have at least a few and the admissions folks expect them, so not having any could put you at a disadvantage. If you aren't near a university or college you like, UF has online dual enrollment agreements with most counties. For all of the major universities you submit your own class and grade reports with your admission application, so regardless of what you teach, you may want to give the classes generic names. Honors English I, Honors English II, Honors Biology I w/Lab, etc. I have my third senior this year. We were just checking her application portals today and both UF and FSU flagged her SSAR. She sent an inquiry email and UF responded that it was because she is homeschooled and requires an additional code. They said this is something they do internally that she doesn't need to worry about and her flag should be removed shortly. I have no idea what that is about. I don't remember it happening to my other two; hopefully it isn't anything important. 🙂
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