Public universities increasingly easing application policies for homeschoolers
BevK March 8th, 2007
David Sample wanted to attend the University of California at Riverside but thought it was a lost cause because he had been homeschooled.
The University of California system is known for being tough on nontraditionally schooled applicants. For them, the best ticket to UC has been transferring after taking community college classes or posting near-perfect scores on college entrance exams.
“For homeschoolers, it was basically a shut door for us because of the restrictions,” Sample said.
Last fall, however, UC Riverside joined a growing number of colleges around the country that are revamping application policies to accommodate homeschooled students.
Read the complete article at the Charleston Daily Mail
California has long been known for its anti-homeschooling educrats. That this is changing is a good thing, but it sure has taken them a long time. This may be a big change for the California system, but homeschoolers have been gaining admission to colleges for a long time including public universities.
