Will I still be able to attend a community college?

Question

I was homeschooled for 3 years because I was suffering from social anixety. I had to teach myself because I couldn't afford a teacher. I past all of my FCAT testes, but I don't have any proof to back up the things that I've learned because my mom did not keep record of it! But I am planning on going back to school in my 12 year, but I am afraid that I will not be able to make up the credits I've missed! Before going to homeschool I was a top student, but I was dealing with alot of stress and depression when I had to quit due to my anixety and family issues. So if I succeed in my last year of highschool, can I attend a community college? I currently attend college prep, but due to not having my grades I can't continue intill I go back to public school. Thanks for any advise!

Answer 1

ehh yea try and find out....go and look

Answer 2

I think it is great that you want to better yourself and  continue your education.  However, you are going to have to see a REAL therapist to help you with you depression and stress.  Depression is not something you can treat yourself.  As for your schooling, I am not sure that you Will be able to go right into 12th grade with no proof of the courses you have taken or what you have learned.  However, why don't you look  into taking the GED test.  It will give the equivalent of a high school diploma and you will be able to go on to a Community College.

Answer 3

Community college will pretty much take you if you have a pulse. You'll be fine.

Answer 4

Can you breathe?  Congratulations!  You'll be accepted to community college.

Answer 5

My kids all went to community college at sixteen or fifteen.  Why do you want to waste time at a public school instead of just taking some college level courses now?

Answer 6

Depends on the State.

California, for example, used to (and maybe still does) allow anyone 18 or older or anyone under 18 with a High School Diploma or a High School program to attend.

NY does not.  You have to have a GED or HS Diploma to go to even a JC

So, you need to research and find out

You MAY need to pay to take the GED test

You may not have to

RESEARCH IT

College is about RESEARCH so get started!

Answer 7

We know quite a few homeschoolers who started going to community college at 14 - 15 years of age.  And we live in a state where NO records are required to be kept for homeschoolers.  Most of them will complete high school and get a degree at the same time.  

You can always call the admissions officer of you local CC and they'll be able to answer any questions you have.

Answer 8

I get really, really concerned when I read this type of story.  This is not homeschooling when the parent is not overseeing the education.  This is not homeschooling when no one is documenting the learning.  This is not homeschooling when you are not meeting the standards for vocational or college prep course of study as defined by your state.  This is not homeschooling...... period.  This is staying home!  Two different things.  And it gives homeschoolers a bad name.  If we did things like this, we as parents would be determined to have committed educational neglect.  

If you took the Florida standardized tests annually, then  you were homeschooled in Florida under Option 1 and that means that there was a requirement to maintain a portfolio of your work, the logs of your work and samples.  If that wasn't done, then you were not homeschooling legally under Option 1.  If you were homeschooling under Option 2, then you were with an incorporated private school.  They would have your back as far as the documentation, requirements and records go.  If you were not part of Option 1 or 2, then from what I read you were not legally homeschooling.  If that is the case, you probably need to seek advise from the school if you plan on going back to public school.    

I am not minimizing what you have presented as a medical condition, but if this is true, you would have been in therapy and a team of professionals would have been assuring that your educational needs were being met while you we dealing with your therapy.  If you did not recieve therapy, then that is medical neglect.  

You can always go the GED, or high school proficiency test route.  If you have really learned the material on your own, then take the exam.   With a GED you should be able to qualify for community college , but you must check with the college and the high school counselor if you are going back.  

If you do get back into high school and meet all the requirements for graduation and meet the college's requirements for admission, why wouldn't you be able to go to school?  You need someone with intimate knowledge of your situation, the local laws etc. to help you....not Yahoo answers.

Answer 9

Community colleges will take anyone, if you have a hs diploma, or some equivalent of that.  But you got bigger problems than worrying about whether you'll make it into college.  I don't think you'll even be able to make in society.  Get some professional help for your stress and depression disorder, because if you think school is stressful, wait until you see what the "REAL" world is like.

Answer 10

if you are able to enroll in the public school without records, then yes, you will have no problems enrolling in a community college.

Surely the testing entity has records of your tests...