I just turned 19, I was homeschooled. I want to go to college, Can I go to a university? HOW? HELP ME!!!?

Question

My homeschool program was unaccredited. I don't have a High School diploma or G.E.D.

I want to go to a University. What do I need in order to go to a university? Can I go to a college if I have a G.E.D?

I was told I can go to a community college. Will that help me? How? If, so what would I need to do there? Can I take courses to help prepare me for college. And take a S.A.T or A.C.T?

Can I go in and tell them I want to go to college, and they will help me? Who would I need to take to?

Where is the best place I can go to get information about this???

Basically, any information you can give me, I will appreciate(I'm desperate!)

Answer 1

Yes, you can definitely go to a University. Look at the admissions pages of most universities' websites; they have instructions for home-schooled students. You could also go to a community college if you want to, but to matriculate, you would probably need a GED. Many of them allow high school students to take coursework simultaneously with their high school classes, so you may be able to take some individual classes while you get the GED.

You can certainly go in and talk to them. You need to talk to someone in the admissions office.

Answer 2

ok... take a deep breath. You don't want to get stressed out already. Taking courses at a community college is nice because it's cheaper, and so you can take your core credits there and then transfer to a university, which may be an easier way for you to get into a university because you don't have a diploma. There's a great college search site at www.fastweb.com. You can search colleges or scholarships. I personally took the ACT and I loved it. It's got smaller numbers to deal with than the SAT. Colleges will take either, though, so the individual test should be up to you. Some people take both. Colleges will look at whichever has the higher score. I don't think you'll need either to get into a community college, but you will need one to get into a university. Keep in mind that out of state students at universities can pay up to double the usual cost. I wouldn't recommend emailing colleges because they aren't likely to be very responsive. Sometimes the Phil Long Center will hold college fairs, and that would be an ideal place to find out about colleges. Also, colleges will often visit high schools, so you could check with a local school and see if they would let you visit to hear about a certain college. Good luck! I know how stressful that time can be.

Answer 3

Ok first of all, CALM DOWN! Yes you can go to a University, community college, etc. I'm 16 and preparing to go to college. My two oldest sisters (one now 28 and going to school to become a professor and another 25 who is a RN nurse) homeschooled most of their life through high school. I believe my mom wrote out a report card for both of them at the end of their schooling so they could show it to the colleges they applied for. But you do (and should have already in your junior year) need to take the A.C.T or S.A.T, whatever is suggested for your state to get into college. Or at least it would be best to since that is one thing they look at. But I suggest getting some books about how to prepare for the S.A.T or A.C.T as I am doing now. The higher the score the better to get a scholarship or something like that. You can take them multiple times to try to higher your score. My oldest sister took the A.C.T two times and basically had the same score (of 26 or 27 I believe). Right now to prepare for the ACT I'm using a book and a website that helps me by explaining what to expect, good tips, and practice essays and problems. The website is www.kaptest.com and it helps you to prepare for many different kinds of tests. I highly suggest signing up for it. The book I'm using is Kaplan ACT Premier Program 2007 Edition. They may have one for the S.A.T too. But don't worry if you take your S.A.T or A.C.T that should be your key to help getting you into school. Your local community college should provide you to take the test twice a year one time in April so you can have until then to study and then they should provide it again. Just find your local community college, ask about which test you should take, and they should help you from there. Good luck! :)

Edit: My mom corrected me. The oldest got her G.E.D but didn't need to and the second oldest took a course at the local high school to get her High School Diploma. But my mom has looked into it and I'm not required to have either, but I'm taking the A.C.T. Good luck!

Answer 4

the first thing that you need to do is find out what collages that you want to go to. if you really have your heart set on starting at a university then check out the ones around your area first. go and make an appointment with the councilors there and see if their is a program that accepts home school students. if you are just hitting a brick wall with that then go and talk to the nearest community college. see if maybe you could take the GED test. my suggestion is because you were home schooled is that it wouldn't be a bad idea to take at least one semester at the community college level to get your feet wet and then transfer to a university.
if you have to get your GED then their are programs that pay for the whole entire program. hope that this helps.

Answer 5

the requirements for college admission are a high school diploma or ged and sat or act scores. you could get into a four year bases on ur ged scores. if not all u need is the ged, go to a cc get the gpa needed and transfer into a four year.

Answer 6

Me, my brother and sis have been/are all homeschooled. my sis is nineteen and is going to a community college. she has been going for 2yrs now. She is taking math, and others. All you are able to desire to do is call the faculty and refer to a counseler. They prolly could have u are available in and take a attempt to ascertain the place u are at and then tell u wat classes to take. i could reccomend getting a G.E.D. although cuz it never hurts to have sum info. solid success