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Alberta Homeschool University Admission Requirements

I was doing some more research into Open Universities and while I was on Athabasca’s website, I thought I might as well knock another province off the list.

Athabasca University has an open admissions policy – no formal schooling or credential is required to apply. The admissions page states that applicants should be 16 years of age, but student may apply even earlier with parental permission. For that reason, it is a great choice for homeschoolers, and many may wish to consider Athabasca instead of following a homeschool high school education/program through to completion.

You’ll have to do some work on the University of Lethbridge website to find their policy on homeschool admissions. First, navigate to their main high school applicant page. Once there, in the bottom left of the screen you’ll find a search box where you can ask a question. Just type in the word homeschool and click ask, and you’ll be directed to the following information:

Q: Admissions: What are the admissions requirements for home-schooled students?
A: Admission requirements for home-schooled students include proof of recognized secondary credentials, or some other means of satisfying the requirements of a U of L admission route.

For more information on this route of admission, contact Recruitment and Student Life

Unfortunately, this information does not appear to reside on its own, directly accessible page. (And yes, you’ll notice some meta data in the code where the answer is provided.) So while it’s not the greatest set up, the information can be found.

The University of Calgary does not have any homeschoool admissions information in the usual places, but if you navigate into the school calendar (published annually and includes all university policies, courses, degree requirements etc.) then you will find there is a short blurb about homeschool applicants in section A-13. Usually these sections remain consistent year after year, so when in doubt, look for section A in the university calendar (often found from the Registrar’s website) and probably subsection 13 (give or take) will be the homeschooling admissions policy.  The curent calendar reads:

University of Calgary Calendar 2010-2011 Undergraduate Admissions A.13 Home Schooled Applicants
A.13 Home Schooled Applicants

Home schooled applicants can qualify for admission by presenting provincial (diploma) examination results in appropriate subjects (Alberta or British Columbia) or by satisfying the requirements given under College Entrance Examinations. Applicants must normally possess a high school diploma and present acceptable scores and average on the five appropriate SAT tests.

Similarly, the University of Alberta will require you to do some digging to find the appropriate information for homeschoolers. In fact, I can’t find any mention of homeschoolers on their website at all.  Again, going through the official school calendar from the Registrar’s website gives us at least something to go on.  The calendar states that the university recognizes three categories of applicants: matriculated applicants from high school, matriculated applicants transferring from another post-secondary institution and non-matriculated applicants.  Of these three categories, homeschoolers fall into the third:

14.3 Nonmatriculated Applicants

The University of Alberta gives special consideration to nonmatriculated applicants for admission to some undergraduate programs. To be considered for admission as a nonmatriculated applicant, a student must be 21 years of age or older by the first day of classes of the term in which admission is sought. Specific Faculty requirements for those Faculties that do consider nonmatriculated applicants for admission are outlined in §15.

Nonmatriculated applicants must normally complete specific Alberta Grade 12 courses (or equivalents) appropriate to each Faculty with a grade of at least 50% in each required course and a minimum overall average of 70%. There is a limit on the number of nonmatriculated applicants accepted into each program; there is no guarantee that candidates meeting the minimum criteria will be accepted. Students are considered based on their academic merit and interview results where applicable. Notwithstanding the basis of admission, all students, once admitted, have the same rights, privileges, and responsibilities.

The application deadlines for nonmatriculated applicants are the same as for high school applicants (see §12).

 

For these and other institutions in Alberta, including university colleges, technical institutions, public colleges, bible colleges and apprenticeships, visit the comprehensive listing of institutions and homeschool admissions policies at Education Unlimited.

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