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I will run your suggestion of labeling the class as Computer Science A with AP Exam on her transcript by HSLDA. That's an excellent idea! She will be taking the AP Exam in May. I called the College Board and they told me that I will need to call them every year by May to remind them not to remove the 8th grade AP score, otherwise they will and a college will not be able to access it and a college will not accept it from me. Thank you for your suggestions!
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Welcome!
There are a number of people on this board who have home schooled through high school and their students have gone on to play Division 1 sports in college and earn scholarships. Here are a few past threads to get you started -- they are linked in post #1 and post #5, along with other threads on the NCAA, in the big pinned thread at the top of the high school board: "Transcripts, Credits, GPA, Accreditation, NCAA… past threads linked here!"
NCAA help -- posts by Tara the Liberator will be of special interest, as her son plays ice hockey and is considering NCAA play
A high school athlete's journey
NCAA follow up (to "A high school athlete's journey")
Navigating NCAA and planning high school - help, please!
From what I have gathered from the posts these homeschoolers have shared about their journey to NCAA play is that there are two hurdles you will have to clear:
1. maintain your student's eligibility
This means specific credits are required. And the curriculum (i.e., Omnibus) AND course providers (i.e., Classical Cottage School) used for completing those specific credits must be on the NCAA's approved list, or need to be evaluated by the NCAA to determine if they are acceptable for eligibility or not. Here is the NCAA's webpage on requirements for homeschoolers to get you started. From what I have gathered from other threads, it's best to WAIT to pay for the eligibility center until 11th grade. That way you are not paying the annual fee for early years of high school when plans might change or student interest wane, but it gives you just enough time to re-adjust what you are using to accomplish the 16 required core credits (in case some of your curriculum or course provider are not approved and you need any changes or need to "re-do" any credits). A number of the threads above discuss the process of filling out the NCAA required credit worksheets, and what curriculum and course providers are accepted or rejected.
2. marketing your athlete
Need to "get eyes" of coaches and colleges on your athlete for college recruiting, and scholarships. The thread above ("A high school athlete's journey") has more on this.
BEST of luck in your homeschooling and sports journeys! Warmest regards, Lori D.
Wow! Thanks for sending me those threads, I will check them out! I really appreciate your hunting them down for me.
As you may have guessed, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. I haven't felt like this since our first year of homeschool and that was a long time ago!
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Agreeing with all of the above. Keep the course titles simple for the NCAA. Fancy-schmancy course names and dividing things up too much (ie. "English 9" and "American Literature" as two English-related courses) could complicate things. Our courses for English were titled "English I: American Literature" or something similar to that, and just one English credit per year, even during the years where dd spent waaaaaaay more hours-than-required for the course.
Write the course descriptions as you go along. I didn't. :bored: And it made for a long few weeks while I dug through paperwork and tried to remember what on earth dd did for English in 9th grade, lol!
After I got over the panic and hit "send" to send all the info to NCAA - the hardest part was waiting to find out if it was approved or not! (You don't find out until a college requests the file). Those were a long couple of weeks (I didn't send in the paperwork until the beginning of dd's senior year, so she was already lining up official visits by that point).
Thank you for your input, I really appreciate it. That's what I keep hearing is keep the subject titles simple and universal.
Do you have any insight on AP classes or dual enrollment classes and how they count towards college credit? I didn't think they did but I've heard from another parent that they do and once you hit 12 credits the NCAA considers you a college student???? Not sure I understand that. I tried to call the homeschool line at the NCAA but all they did was direct me to the NCAA Manual.
Thanks again!
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We all make errors! :-) Hopefully she enjoyed the Comp Sci class? Even if she can't utilize it for high school credit, there's still value in the course.
Are you planning a traditional four year course of high school, or having her graduate early? You can write descriptions as you go along. You will do just fine!
Like your daughter, my daughter also did high school level work in middle school. Don't worry too much about her getting credit for that work (again, assuming you are still planning four years of high school), particularly for courses such as English. If she is doing appropriately advanced work in high school, people reviewing her transcript will assume that her middle school program was advanced as well. One course I did bring up from middle school was Alg 2, because there has been a program or two that was adamant about seeing an algebra credit, and she was already in precalc by 9th grade.
As far as splitting up courses, I'm not familiar with Omnibus, but I think you can divide it any way you like, assuming the semester hours were there. I would caution you against getting too creative with course titles when dealing with an entity like the NCAA. Keep things simple. They are trying to compare apples to apples.
I did the NCAA thing with my current senior. I guess it's gone fine, though she is obviously not in college or playing her sports quite yet.
Thank you! I appreciate your support and advice. My daughter will be doing a 4 year high school plan so I know we will have time to add AP courses. She wanted to take the AP Computer Science class and even though we cannot show it on her transcript I pray that how well she has done in this class will give her the confidence to try another AP class.
Thanks for letting me know about the math. She actually did Algebra I in 7th and is doing Algebra II this year in 8th so she will be taking Geometry in 9th grade. I plan on having her take the SAT I test at the end of 9th grade and then the SAT II at the end of 10th as she will have done the pre calculus/trigonometry course by then.
Best of luck to you and your daughter as you navigate the NCAA requirements. I am confused on the college credit part. Someone told me that AP classes count towards college credit but dual enrollment will not, they will just count towards reaching the required H.S. core classes. I was told my daughter couldn't reach 12 college credits because if she did, she will then be counted as a college student. I can't find anything on the NCAA website to clearly explain that. When I called the homeschool line they just directed me to the NCAA Manual. If you have any insight on this, I'd love to hear it!
Thanks again!
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My daughter is an ice hockey goalie and plays for the washington Pride. She is in 8th grade and is our only child. I have never navigated preparing a transcript for college let alone one that meets the NCAA Div. I standards. Is there anyone who has done this? I have felt confident homeschooling our daughter up to this point but am now fretting that I will not do something correctly and it will cost her going to a college she wants to or missing out on a scholarship. My daughter attends Classical Cottage School and I'm unsure how to even translate some of those classes to what is recognizable to colleges. For instance Omnibus, some say just call this Honors English 9. Others say pull the literature piece out and call it English 9 (not honors) and then categorize the literature part into American Literature, etc... Is there a benefit to separating it out like this? For NCAA Div. I you are also required to write descriptions for all core classes taken in H.S. I'm just feeling overwhelmed. I've already made one error. This year my daughter wanted to take an AP Computer Science Class. I checked with HSLDA and they said no problem and that it would look great on her transcript. In Dec. while I was searching for other AP classes for her to take I came across a link on the HSLDA website that took me to the college board site where I found out that any AP class taken prior to the 9th grade cannot be listed on a transcript as an AP class, UGH!!! I was further told that once the AP test score is released, it will be wiped off of her record as they only keep H.S. scores. I do not want to make any other errors like this so I am now second guessing my ability to homeschool through H.S. HELP!!!!
#NCAA #HighSchoolTranscript
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My daughter is an ice hockey goalie and plays for the washington Pride. She is in 8th grade and is our only child. I have never navigated preparing a transcript for college let alone one that meets the NCAA Div. I standards. Is there anyone who has done this? I have felt confident homeschooling our daughter up to this point but am now fretting that I will not do something correctly and it will cost her going to a college she wants to or missing out on a scholarship. My daughter attends Classical Cottage School and I'm unsure how to even translate some of those classes to what is recognizable to colleges. For instance Omnibus, some say just call this Honors English 9. Others say pull the literature piece out and call it English 9 (not honors) and then categorize the literature part into American Literature, etc... Is there a benefit to separating it out like this? For NCAA Div. I you are also required to write descriptions for all core classes taken in H.S. I'm just feeling overwhelmed. I've already made one error. This year my daughter wanted to take an AP Computer Science Class. I checked with HSLDA and they said no problem and that it would look great on her transcript. In Dec. while I was searching for other AP classes for her to take I came across a link on the HSLDA website that took me to the college board site where I found out that any AP class taken prior to the 9th grade cannot be listed on a transcript as an AP class, UGH!!! I was further told that once the AP test score is released, it will be wiped off of her record as they only keep H.S. scores. I do not want to make any other errors like this so I am now second guessing my ability to homeschool through H.S. HELP!!!!
#NCAA #HighSchoolTranscript
NCAA DIV I Transcripts for Women's Ice Hockey
in The College Board
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Here is the link to what the College Board had me reference as to why I am not permitted to label the class as an AP class when taken prior to the 9th grade.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/Appropriate-Grade-Levels-for-AP-Courses.pdf