Lovely to see @homeedders staying string through the turbulence of Covid. We're suddenly faced with university entrance requirements & the glories (and expenses!) of SAT tests and IElTS for young people wanting to go to international universities. It would be great to see/read about how home homeedders manage this transition - it's tough enough for Miss almost-17 who's been sitting formal exams since she was 5.
Curious.
I would recommend getting a year or two of local community college under their belts before jumping to international universities. I started at a community college myself and it was such a good experience coming out of high school not the best student but loved learning. You get to have a feel for the flow of college at the community college and the cost of it is SO much lower than jumping straight to a big university. Some people can’t handle the college atmosphere or need to time to adjust. This was a good adjustment for me and I made deans list most semesters after my first two in school once I got better accustomed to it all. Just my two cents!
Nice idea but there is no such thing as a community college here where we live in Thailand. So it's stay here and work, travel or jump in the deep end.
I think this is one of those things which varies from country to country and even state to state. It would certainly be an interesting question to see answered, although many of the contributors here have younger children.
My eldest was able to do adult entry to uni via the STAT test once she turned 18, but that was for South Australia. For other states you have to be 21 before you can go that route. Otherwise you need a year 12 certificate and your results will dictate which courses you can get onto. If you don't have good enough results for the course you want, then you can start on another course and do the required units to change over after a year.
Admittedly, my girls have had some experience of tests from school and my own Miss 17 is currently doing her SACE via open access, so has had a couple of tests from this. This year she'll have to attend an actual exam at the college, though.
I suppose mock tests would be a way to start to familiarise homeschooled students with the feel of them if they want to head on to formal education.
Sorry, got distracted by Miss 17 with schoolwork questions.
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