Our girls are still in primary school, so university is a ways down the road for them still. Yet, my ears are always perking up when I hear anyone talking about university admissions for homeschooled students. The professors I’ve heard from say they absolutely love to have homeschoolers in their classes, but we do worry about getting them accepted so they can take the classes.
These days it seems CEGEPs are not allowed to accept any student without a high school diploma. No more mature student status. And no, a GED or SAT scores do not get you anywhere. It’s a diploma from a recognized public or private school, or they have to sit the exams in continuing education to get their high school leaving certificate.
Today I received a link to a fabulous resource for those of you who have secondary level homeschoolers! It lists universities all over Canada and the United States that will accept homeschoolers, and describes the policy of each institution so you can plan well ahead if you know where your son or daughter wishes to apply.
It turns out that McGill is the only university in Quebec on the list. There may be others that accept homeschoolers, and if you know of any please sing out so we will all know about it! At this time, however, McGill is the only one confirmed in the province. There are a huge whack of schools in Ontario though – as many in that province as there are in all the rest of Canada.
So there are options, ladies and gents. That’s a relief!
Learn about McGill University’s policy regarding homeschooled applicants
Learn about higher education opportunities for homeschooled students
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Thanks for the information. The last thing we need is parents and their children having their heart set on a school that doesn’t accept home-schoolers.