michelle_m29@...

Everything I've read about homeschooling/unschooling over the past decade has told me not to worry too much about not having a formal diploma, that the kids could take the GED if they had to jump through a hoop...


And now we're in a mess. Alexandria, who just turned eighteen, wants to enroll in beauty school to become a nail technician. Last year, she got a paid internship writing content for a nail site, earned enough cash to pay her tuition outright (not that we won't help - but it really impressed me that when our finances were looking shaky after Hubby's head on collision with the drunk driver last year she found a way to make her goals happen), has done a ton of research on different schools, state requirements, and everything else. 


They won't let her enroll without a GED because, even though the state doesn't require it for her license, they want to be able to check a box for the institution that oversees their status as accredited. They haven't had a homeschooler before and I think they just picked the option that's easiest for them. 

She could join the military, could enroll in an ivy league college...but she can't enroll in beauty school? 


It would all be fine, but the GED changed last year, ten states (not ours) have already dropped it, and after reading about all of the controversy with the new text,  Alex is ready to tear he hair out over the whole thing. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/13/ivy-league-grads-can-t-pass-the-new-ged.html> 


Has anyone had success convincing a trade school to accept transcripts?  Any ideas for us? 


Michelle 



 

Tiffani

My son is enrolled in cosmetology school with a diploma from our private school. I had to show them a copy of our PSA. Maybe they will accept that.
Tiffani

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From:"michelle_m29@... [AlwaysLearning]" <[email protected]>
Date:Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 7:20 PM
Subject:[AlwaysLearning] Transcripts, Diplomas, GED ?

 

Everything I've read about homeschooling/unschooling over the past decade has told me not to worry too much about not having a formal diploma, that the kids could take the GED if they had to jump through a hoop...


And now we're in a mess. Alexandria, who just turned eighteen, wants to enroll in beauty school to become a nail technician. Last year, she got a paid internship writing content for a nail site, earned enough cash to pay her tuition outright (not that we won't help - but it really impressed me that when our finances were looking shaky after Hubby's head on collision with the drunk driver last year she found a way to make her goals happen), has done a ton of research on different schools, state requirements, and everything else. 


They won't let her enroll without a GED because, even though the state doesn't require it for her license, they want to be able to check a box for the institution that oversees their status as accredited. They haven't had a homeschooler before and I think they just picked the option that's easiest for them. 

She could join the military, could enroll in an ivy league college...but she can't enroll in beauty school? 


It would all be fine, but the GED changed last year, ten states (not ours) have already dropped it, and after reading about all of the controversy with the new text,  Alex is ready to tear he hair out over the whole thing. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/13/ivy-league-grads-can-t-pass-the-new-ged.html> 


Has anyone had success convincing a trade school to accept transcripts?  Any ideas for us? 


Michelle 



 

Sandra Dodd

-=-She could join the military, could enroll in an ivy league college...but she can't enroll in beauty school? -=-

This isn't about unschooling, though. Different institutions can create their own rules and requirements. They're not about learning, they're about hurdles that apply to anyone—people who went through the system, or dropped out, or came from another country, or didn't go to school.

She should take a GED, or find something that doesn't require one. Don't make a bigger deal of it than it needs to be.

She can take the test cold, and if she passes it's done. If she doesn't, then she'll know which section she was weak on and could study just that one.

-=-And now we're in a mess.-=-

I didn't see the mess part, in your account.

Sandra

K Pennell

My son took the GED test after it changed. We bought a GED prep book, and he did some practice tests, then went in and did it. It seemed like a bigger deal than it really was.

From: "Tiffani tiffermomof5@... [AlwaysLearning]" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2015 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Transcripts, Diplomas, GED ?



My son is enrolled in cosmetology school with a diploma from our private school. I had to show them a copy of our PSA. Maybe they will accept that.
Tiffani

From:"michelle_m29@... [AlwaysLearning]" <[email protected]>
Date:Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 7:20 PM
Subject:[AlwaysLearning] Transcripts, Diplomas, GED ?

 
Everything I've read about homeschooling/unschooling over the past decade has told me not to worry too much about not having a formal diploma, that the kids could take the GED if they had to jump through a hoop...

And now we're in a mess. Alexandria, who just turned eighteen, wants to enroll in beauty school to become a nail technician. Last year, she got a paid internship writing content for a nail site, earned enough cash to pay her tuition outright (not that we won't help - but it really impressed me that when our finances were looking shaky after Hubby's head on collision with the drunk driver last year she found a way to make her goals happen), has done a ton of research on different schools, state requirements, and everything else. 

They won't let her enroll without a GED because, even though the state doesn't require it for her license, they want to be able to check a box for the institution that oversees their status as accredited. They haven't had a homeschooler before and I think they just picked the option that's easiest for them. 

She could join the military, could enroll in an ivy league college...but she can't enroll in beauty school? 

It would all be fine, but the GED changed last year, ten states (not ours) have already dropped it, and after reading about all of the controversy with the new text,  Alex is ready to tear he hair out over the whole thing. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/13/ivy-league-grads-can-t-pass-the-new-ged.html> 

Has anyone had success convincing a trade school to accept transcripts?  Any ideas for us? 

Michelle 


 




jonathan.ford61@...

My daughter enrolled in a local community college a few years back and she was the first homeschooler they had, and they were confused with what to do with her. In  the end she wasn't wanting to enroll as a  degree student so they let her enroll as a non-degree student and she took classes for 2 semesters.  She did have to take the placement test (all enrollees did) which helped them select the appropriate math class for her (the only section she had trouble with).


Now my son is 16 and was wanting to do the same thing.  But since my daughter's enrollment, that school formalized their rules to state that all students needed a GED to enroll if they do not have a HS diploma.  They do have the new test in MA now called the HiSet. He is taking the free classes offered by the same community college.  He has done the practice tests and the instructor(s) have told him that he doesn't need to worry about several subjects, and he is focusing on the ones he does need (mainly formal math).  He is liking the classes.


Many institutions accept homeschooled students without a formal diploma/GED, but others do not.  Check in your area for free GED classes and it likely isn't a huge hoop for her to jump through.



Jon