Comments for Physical Therapy Assistant Online http://physicaltherapyassistantonline.info/blog physical therapy assistant online Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Info about homeschooling/GED/college? by JoesTheBest http://physicaltherapyassistantonline.info/blog/physical-therapy-assistant-schools/info-about-homeschoolinggedcollege.html/comment-page-1#comment-3094 JoesTheBest Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:12:15 +0000 http://physicaltherapyassistantonline.info/blog/physical-therapy-assistant-schools/info-about-homeschoolinggedcollege.html#comment-3094 I'm a current college student who was homeschooled all his life. I not only got into a college ok, but I got over 40,000 in scholerships and grants to go. I never took the GED because having a GED kind of has negative conotations. Just make a diploma(I will be having a free template posted for them soon on my website, listed below), and you will need high school transcripts (use the free form in the documents section of my website). Make sure you take the ACT or the SAT. Use study books on the tests before hand. You can usually find them at a library. I’m a current college student who was homeschooled all his life. I not only got into a college ok, but I got over 40,000 in scholerships and grants to go. I never took the GED because having a GED kind of has negative conotations. Just make a diploma(I will be having a free template posted for them soon on my website, listed below), and you will need high school transcripts (use the free form in the documents section of my website). Make sure you take the ACT or the SAT. Use study books on the tests before hand. You can usually find them at a library.

]]> Comment on Info about homeschooling/GED/college? by i_come_from_under_the_hill http://physicaltherapyassistantonline.info/blog/physical-therapy-assistant-schools/info-about-homeschoolinggedcollege.html/comment-page-1#comment-3093 i_come_from_under_the_hill Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:26:52 +0000 http://physicaltherapyassistantonline.info/blog/physical-therapy-assistant-schools/info-about-homeschoolinggedcollege.html#comment-3093 If you want a piece of paper to hang on your wall that tells you where you went to school, then a diploma is just the ticket.. Really though, colleges won't care where you went to school. They just want to see that you actually recieved an education and are college-ready. Not all homeschoolers attend online or corespondance programs. Most just do it traditionally with books and curriculum and materials they buy themselves, and parents as the head teacher/administrators. While parents are legally allowed to issue a diploma, it's not what you can call an "accredited" diploma, which is what everyone thinks colleges want to see. Not so! Universities realize that most homeschoolers do not have accredited diplomas, and usually do not require a diploma or a GED from a homeschooler. Most colleges in the US will only require that a homeschooler submits a thoroughly written transcript (created by the parent, usually) and SAT/ACT scores along with the standard application requirements. Some more selective universities (UF comes to mind) will require that homeschoolers take additional testing (like the SAT II Subject Tests) to prove they have covered all the core subjects required. If your diploma came from an "accredited" online or corespondance school, then you have nothing to worry about. Colleges will treat it just like they do any other diploma. If you do not have an "accredited" diploma, you have nothing to worry about. Colleges will not think any less of you because you are homeschooled. If anything, your chances will be BETTER. Universities across the US actively recruit homeschoolers and often prefer them to public schoolers because of their high academic achievements/abilities, maturity, self-motivation, independence, and overall ability to handle/adjust to the Real World as well as they do. Good luck to you! DHC- I'm a little confused by your answer. Could you explain for all of us diploma-less homeschoolers why it is that so many of us have already been accepted to universities with only a transcript and test scores? Also, why are there so many thousands of homeschoolers who have either already attended or are currently attending universities (even Ivy League unies) sans highschool diploma? If you want a piece of paper to hang on your wall that tells you where you went to school, then a diploma is just the ticket.. Really though, colleges won’t care where you went to school. They just want to see that you actually recieved an education and are college-ready. Not all homeschoolers attend online or corespondance programs. Most just do it traditionally with books and curriculum and materials they buy themselves, and parents as the head teacher/administrators. While parents are legally allowed to issue a diploma, it’s not what you can call an “accredited” diploma, which is what everyone thinks colleges want to see. Not so! Universities realize that most homeschoolers do not have accredited diplomas, and usually do not require a diploma or a GED from a homeschooler. Most colleges in the US will only require that a homeschooler submits a thoroughly written transcript (created by the parent, usually) and SAT/ACT scores along with the standard application requirements. Some more selective universities (UF comes to mind) will require that homeschoolers take additional testing (like the SAT II Subject Tests) to prove they have covered all the core subjects required.
If your diploma came from an “accredited” online or corespondance school, then you have nothing to worry about. Colleges will treat it just like they do any other diploma.
If you do not have an “accredited” diploma, you have nothing to worry about. Colleges will not think any less of you because you are homeschooled. If anything, your chances will be BETTER. Universities across the US actively recruit homeschoolers and often prefer them to public schoolers because of their high academic achievements/abilities, maturity, self-motivation, independence, and overall ability to handle/adjust to the Real World as well as they do. Good luck to you!

DHC- I’m a little confused by your answer. Could you explain for all of us diploma-less homeschoolers why it is that so many of us have already been accepted to universities with only a transcript and test scores? Also, why are there so many thousands of homeschoolers who have either already attended or are currently attending universities (even Ivy League unies) sans highschool diploma?

]]> Comment on Info about homeschooling/GED/college? by Melissa http://physicaltherapyassistantonline.info/blog/physical-therapy-assistant-schools/info-about-homeschoolinggedcollege.html/comment-page-1#comment-3092 Melissa Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:42:12 +0000 http://physicaltherapyassistantonline.info/blog/physical-therapy-assistant-schools/info-about-homeschoolinggedcollege.html#comment-3092 It's not the diploma,it's the transcript. No college asks to SEE a diploma. They want to know that you've graduated and to see a transcript. You'll need an ACT or SAT score, and some reference letters from someone who is NOT your parents. Good schools for physical therapy are listed here http://physicaltherapy.about.com/od/careersinphysicaltherapy/a/PTSchools.htm It's interesting to know that most of those are advanced degrees, masters and such. So you'll be working on your bachelors in science to get there. So, look around. Good luck. It’s not the diploma,it’s the transcript. No college asks to SEE a diploma. They want to know that you’ve graduated and to see a transcript.

You’ll need an ACT or SAT score, and some reference letters from someone who is NOT your parents.

Good schools for physical therapy are listed here
http://physicaltherapy.about.com/od/careersinphysicaltherapy/a/PTSchools.htm

It’s interesting to know that most of those are advanced degrees, masters and such. So you’ll be working on your bachelors in science to get there. So, look around. Good luck.

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