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RE: Super loose outlines for law and marine biology that spans as long as you want for homeschoolies
It's getting harder to get into uni without the official school certificates now, if you actually want to get in at 18. Angel had to do STAT to get in at Adelaide, which is the adult entry path and she had to be 18 to do it. In some other states you have to be 21 before you can do the adult entry, so you're forced to do year 13 of you want to get in sooner. We didn't look into WA. What's it like there?
Murdoch and Curtin have alternate pathways. Murdoch has three which look like the same thing at different speeds from an intense 12 week thing to a more sedate 12 month option. With Curtin you can weave through an attached college for a year (I think it’s Canning College but I could be remembering incorrectly) or do their “UniReady” course for 6-12 months.
It seems possible to get into some courses at all unis with a portfolio and interview (at least according to their websites). Murdoch seems the most flexible and when gorc wanted to do engineering we went to Curtin open day and student services outlined their paths in.
Open Universities says on the website that subjects are available for 16+.
The age thing doesn’t really bother us.
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At one point we probably felt a bit like we had to prove a point being homeschoolers and get her into uni early. Then I stopped giving a damn! 😆
Angel had wanted to get in at the start of the year, but she didn't turn 18 until just before the cut off for second semester admissions. That was frustrating for her, despite me saying it wasn't an issue and meant she had plenty of time to study in preparation. Interestingly, she's still one of the youngest students there, so she was over thinking things as usual. I think it's better that she waited to get a bit more maturity anyway.
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I can understand feeling like you had to prove a point, went through that as well, not helped by other people's (usually erroneous) assumptions about why we were homeschooling XD (it's always fun to be held to higher standards than schools XD) Got out of it pretty quick though as it was stressful and I avoid extra stress like the plague XD
What is with that!? If you come out of school mediocre, that's okay, but if you're homeschooled and mediocre, then your parents failed you and you were deprived of schooling. Mind you, it's the same with scholarships. If you have the money you can pay for the best dance/sport coaching, but if you want a scholarship you have to be way above average and have achieved that without the benefit of being able to pay for all the extra training the others have.
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