Gwen in VA Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 My son's latest interest is the Coast Guard Academy. But according to its website, Q: Are there any special requirements for home schooled students? A: There are no special requirements for the home schooled, except that the curriculum used must have been accredited. Home schooled applicants compete equally with traditionally taught students. It is recommended that home schooled students take, as part of their curriculum, courses at a local community college. The teacher recommendations should be done by the college instructors when practical. My ds is planning on doing most of his coursework at the local community college starting next fall, but at this point he has done classes at home or through a few select online providers. His program has been rigorous, and he will have taken two SAT2's by this June (the end of his sophomore year), but I don't think any of his classes have been taken through "accredited" institutions. If he decides to apply to the CGA, would we be able to just go to a place like Keystone and get the courses approved so his schoolwork would be "accredited", or is applying to the CGA not an option because of all of the classes that he has done at home or through small online classes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 My son's latest interest is the Coast Guard Academy. But according to its website, Q: Are there any special requirements for home schooled students? A: There are no special requirements for the home schooled, except that the curriculum used must have been accredited. Home schooled applicants compete equally with traditionally taught students. It is recommended that home schooled students take, as part of their curriculum, courses at a local community college. The teacher recommendations should be done by the college instructors when practical. My ds is planning on doing most of his coursework at the local community college starting next fall, but at this point he has done classes at home or through a few select online providers. His program has been rigorous, and he will have taken two SAT2's by this June (the end of his sophomore year), but I don't think any of his classes have been taken through "accredited" institutions. If he decides to apply to the CGA, would we be able to just go to a place like Keystone and get the courses approved so his schoolwork would be "accredited", or is applying to the CGA not an option because of all of the classes that he has done at home or through small online classes? I don't know; I just wanted to say that those kinds of comments make me crazy; "curriculum" is never accredited; schools are.:glare: Can you call and talk to an actual person to clarify? Seems to me that if most of your ds's courses are taken at the c.c., that would satisfy any requirements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Well, I can only tell yowu what we did--went with NARS for that very reason. It was silly, really. NARS requires SO little in terms of credits and hours, but it kept CGA happy. I must say, her Blue and Gold officer from Navy was glad she had the piece of paper, too. Five years ago CGA said it had to be an accredited "program". Dd had 45 credits from 4 year colleges, 6 of them overseas, but they still wanted that dumb little piece of paper. And then we had to send in NONE of that, but redo the transcript entirely for NCAA! They won't accept NARS... You have my sympathy... I'd do NARS, too, in a heartbeat, if my dc needed to have transcripts/diplomas from accredited *schools.* It's just the "accredited curriculum" comment that's making me crazy, lol. And yes, accreditation isn't all it's cracked up to be. I don't understand why anyone requires that if there are ACT/SAT scores and/or college classes which indicate that the classes that were taken at home were good, KWIM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCMom Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 This question was serendipitous...I was just wondering the same thing, lol. So can you wait until their senior year to do the whole NARS thing? It seems like a lot of money for all 4 years for what they provide. And Clonara would work too, right? Although it is even more expensive... We already have to save every bit o' paper, etc. for whatever NCAA hoops we will need to jump through. :001_smile: Georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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