visitor tracking

Better Know a University – University of Windsor

Posted by
October 25, 2007

So how does Windsor get to be #2 to be profiled? By having a new homeschool admissions policy that just went up on their website within the last month or two! Congrats to University of Windsor for joining the cool kids. Not only do they have the policy on the website, but they’ve taken York’s lead and made it real easy to find. I’m so excited, I’m going to email and thank/congratulate them as soon as this post is written!

Without further hesitation . . .

The University of Windsor ~ http://www.uwindsor.ca/

401 Sunset Avenue | Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4 | 519-253-3000
Size: Medium – 16,000 undergraduates

Admissions Website*:
http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/registrar/registrar.nsf/SubCategoryFlyOut/E341D3274933AA358525734E004B47B0

Home School Admissions Page**:
http://cronus.uwindsor.ca/units/registrar/registrar.nsf/main/0662D89AFD66A35F8525732B004EE4FB?OpenDocument

Required Documents for Home Schooled Applicants (my emphasis/formatting)

All home schooled applicants are evaluated for admission on an individual basis. In order to evaluate your application, the University of Windsor requires the following documents and supplementary information:

1. Secondary School transcripts showing results from grades 11 through 12. These may be graded either by an independent home school agency or by your parent(s). The transcript should indicate the name of each course or subject covered, the grade received in each course and the number of hours or weeks studied.

2. Official results of standardized tests (such as SAT I, SAT II or ACT)

3. Portfolio containing course descriptions and syllabi of the courses you have studied with a list of texts. Sample graded tests and essays.

4. Résumé including any volunteer experience.

All documents should be sent directly to the following address: Office of the Registrar, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4

Admissions Requirement Chart:
http://www.uwindsor.ca/units/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/cur.nsf/982f0e5f06b5c9a285256d6e006cff78/8e6b8191b5ed069a852572d60052b30e!OpenDocument

* Strangely enough, if you enter via the main page, don’t click on “Admissions 2007.” It’s the “Admissions Requirements” link that actually has the useful information.

** Sorry for not “tinyurl”-ing these links, but the full, exact web address is more reliable. Fortunately, Windsor gets top marks for navigation (except for that Admissions 2007 page which doesn’t contain what one would normally expect in an admissions page) but poor marks for shareable URL’s. If in doubt, follow this path:

Main page –> Prospective Students (from the horizontal menu at top, not the one down the side) –> Admission Requirements (from the side menu, but not Admissions 2007 which is the first entry)

============================

UPDATE: August 2011

The above information has been removed from Windsor’s website, but personal correspondence with the university has led to the following response from the university. Thanks, Bonnie, for calling my attention to the update!

“The University does not currently have a policy for home schooled applicants. However it will assess home schooled applicants on an individual basis.”

Applicants would be required to submit secondary school transcripts showing results from grades 11 through 12 & may be graded either by an independent home school agency or by parents. The transcript should indicate the name of each course or subject covered, the grade received in each course & the number of hours or weeks studies. They must also include official results of standardized testing such as SAT or ACT. They require a portfolio which should include course descriptions and syllabi of the courses studied with a list of texts. Sample graded tests & essays. Resume including any volunteer experience.

"Better Know a University", homeschooling, planning, resources, university admissions, University of Windsor

Did you enjoy this post? Why not leave a comment below and continue the conversation, or subscribe to my feed and get articles like this delivered automatically to your feed reader. If this is your first visit, please be sure to check out "starter kit" of articles. Then, click on the pages, posts or categories on the right that interest you for much more information about home school university admissions in Ontario and Canada.

Comments

Sarah, the link to the home school admission page above redirects you to the “Welcome” page but I do not see the home school information. The site has changed. I am lost. Can anyone help me find the page?

Comment by Bonnie on August 12, 2011 @ 2:07 pm

Hi Bonnie,

You’re right, the link appears to have changed. A copy of the information that was previously found at that page can be found here: http://messageboard.rainsberger.ca/topic/228988/1/#new which was last verified in June 2009. (It appears to be the same as this original version from 2007, so for two years it was unmodified.)

Best to contact the university and confirm that this information is still accurate. I have an email in to them myself and will share whatever I find. Sometimes, websites change and the information displayed on the website changes, but that doesn’t always mean that the policy itself has changed.

I can tell you, though, that Windsor has been pretty consistent about their requirements long before anything was published on their website, so I’m pretty confident that whatever they will tell you should be in the same ballpark as the text above.

In 2005, they wrote to me: “The University of Windsor considers Home Schooled applicants on an individual basis. We ask students to provide transcripts, sample tests, sample essays, course outlines, SAT scores is written. The files are then reviewed by the Dean’s Office. ”

In 2006, (from a telephone conversation): Windsor will consider home schooled applicants on the basis of a portfolio, standardized test scores and 12U credits. They encourage students to contact them well in advance, and expect external evaluation (tests, credit courses) to weigh strongly in admission decisions.

This is all consistent with the 2007 policy (still on their website as of June 2009) which emphasizes 12U credit courses and standardized test scores (SAT, AP etc.) I do remember speaking with a rep from Windsor on the phone and these scores were very important to them. But at the same time, as long as they had these official marks/scores, they felt very comfortable considering home schooled students. The feeling I got from them was that as long as they could “prove” their academic standing with these externally evaluated means, home schooled applicants were quite welcome.

Sarah.

Comment by Sarah Rainsberger on August 12, 2011 @ 2:13 pm

Thank you for your information and help.

Comment by Bonnie on August 12, 2011 @ 5:25 pm

University of Windsor has changed their policy. I came into some new information last week. The university is insisting on the Gateway Program for all homeschool student admissions. I believe that Gateway is a probationary program for “public” educated students who fall below grade level for admissions. Gateway is still being insisted upon even when the student has high SAT scores and other proofs of academic achievements, as stated in their old policy, ie. portfolio, essay etc.

Comment by Bonnie on November 14, 2011 @ 6:25 pm
Leave a comment

(required)

(required)