Another high school question;)

[Moma3boyz]

When do I need to start worrying about keeping grades(?) or something like that for colleges to look at if my kiddos decide to go? I have journals but we dont really do grades. If they miss a problem we go back and redo it together. I have 2 going into 6th this year and didnt know if I needed to start worrying about stuff like that yet or wait until a little but later. Thanks!

[JKronrod]

Although our oldest son went to "regular" school for the last two years of high school, so it wasn't an issue for us, I've been through the college admission process.  Sixth is probably too young, unless they are taking Algebra or something more advanced.  However, so that you know what you need to do when the time comes, I'd suggest that you take a look at the admissions sites for the colleges you think that your children might be interested in -- or just take a look at a good sample of colleges -- and see what they require for home schooled students.  Different schools sometimes have slightly different requirements, but from what I could see, most would accept (and in fact asked for) detailed descriptions of what the child did in some kind of portfolio form.  But I'm basing this on California state schools (University of California -- and there were some differences even between the various campuses -- and State Universities).  You probably aren't going to be able to produce something that will work for every school, but you can make sure that you have the appropriate information at the right  level of detail for those schools that you think might be appropriate.  Good luck!

[AnakaAlisyn]

It depends on where they are going.  Most of my friends who home school have their kids go to the local JC starting around 16 years old for one or two classes at a time.  By the time they are done with "high school" they can go to the JC full time, they already have their foot in the door so they are in and the college doesn't look at grades.  Then when they are ready for the next level of college, they apply for a transfer, so the college they are going to doesn't need a high school diploma or high school grades because they have their JC grades.

[littleacorn]

This is my plan, except here I think kids can start taking community college classes at 14, so we might start even earlier. I'm kind of hoping my kids will have an Associates degree by the time their public schooled peers are just getting their diplomas.

Quoting AnakaAlisyn:

It depends on where they are going.  Most of my friends who home school have their kids go to the local JC starting around 16 years old for one or two classes at a time.  By the time they are done with "high school" they can go to the JC full time, they already have their foot in the door so they are in and the college doesn't look at grades.  Then when they are ready for the next level of college, they apply for a transfer, so the college they are going to doesn't need a high school diploma or high school grades because they have their JC grades.

[KickButtMama]

Transcripts are important when looking for colleges. But if you normally do a pass/fail that's fine, you can also have a portfolio to show. I, personally, plan on using an accredited program for high school just to make the transition to college easier.

[Moma3boyz]

Thank you all for you answers. They are starting pre-algebra this year. They went to ps until 4th grade so we had been playing catch up for a while. Lol.

[oredeb]

 hi moma3boys!

heres a site that might help! you can make your own transcript also

http://www.hslda.org/highschool/academics.asp

http://www.homeschool-curriculum-savings.com/home-school-transcript.html

http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/trans1.html