Age waiver denied from TESU. Policy changed Jan. 1, 2018

[triforce828]

Are you in California? My kid passed the CHSPE, applied to TESU, and had to write a letter (and send a scan of CHSPE certificate) to be granted the age waiver.

CHSPE = California High School Proficiency Exam

[Clodyneseidel]

My daughter turns 16 in December. Thomas Edison had it mapped out so nicely ☹️ Her plan was in Liberal Studies.

Let me know if you learn anything new.  I am looking at revamping some of our plan to include more UL.  I think we can still pull off a spring '19 grad.  My girl just wants to check school off the list so she can pursue whatever learning strikes her fancy.  She loves to learn, and she is driven to move past the "hafta" with freedom to pursue the "wanna." 

Awesome! My daughter is the same way. She loves to learn but is eager to put a bachelors in her back pocket at a young age so she can pursue whatever else interests her. Getting a Bachelors was more a “why not?” skip High School and kill two birds with one stone ? I will see what I can find out with Excelsior.

[Cheeseburrito]

My niece is 9, and still picks her nose and eats it. Y'all have 12 and 15 year olds getting ready to graduate.

Whatever you're doing as parents I bow and applaud. You've got incredibly smart kids!!

[Clodyneseidel]

I wonder if an age waiver would be given if the 16 year old takes the GED before applying? Some states allow homeschoolers to take the GED at 16.

My daughter graduated High School from a Private Christian school using a homeschool program last year. She has an official High School diploma. We informed TESU of that and they didn’t budge.

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Are you in California? My kid passed the CHSPE, applied to TESU, and had to write a letter (and send a scan of CHSPE certificate) to be granted the age waiver.

CHSPE = California High School Proficiency Exam

Was that before January 1st? My daughter has an official High School Diploma from a private school. We mentioned that to TESU. They didn’t budge.

[stampbuyme]

I wonder if an age waiver would be given if the 16 year old takes the GED before applying? Some states allow homeschoolers to take the GED at 16.

My daughter graduated High School from a Private Christian school using a homeschool program  last year. She has an official High School diploma. We informed TESU of that and they didn’t budge.

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Are you in California?  My kid passed the CHSPE, applied to TESU, and had to write a letter (and send a scan of CHSPE certificate) to be granted the age waiver.  

CHSPE = California High School Proficiency Exam

Was that before January 1st? My daughter has an official High School Diploma from a private school. We mentioned that to TESU. They didn’t budge.

Yep, I think January 1st is the game changer.  The rules are different now.  I would LOVE it if someone came on here and said their kid under 18 got in after January 1st.  I think there are no exceptions now.  Anyone???

[triforce828]

yeah the kid was accepted in 2017.

Oy, it sounds like there was a big policy change at the beginning of this year.

[Clodyneseidel]

My daughter turns 16 in December. Thomas Edison had it mapped out so nicely ☹️ Her plan was in Liberal Studies.

Let me know if you learn anything new.  I am looking at revamping some of our plan to include more UL.  I think we can still pull off a spring '19 grad.  My girl just wants to check school off the list so she can pursue whatever learning strikes her fancy.  She loves to learn, and she is driven to move past the "hafta" with freedom to pursue the "wanna." 

I was checking out the Bachelors of Science in Liberal Studies at Excelsior. You can apply quite a bit of Business courses to the degree in no particular order. My daughter applied. Sent the transcripts. Let’s see what they say....

[dfrecore]

EC has no age restriction and COSC says 16 yrs.  I am leaning toward COSC for no good reason other than it seems to have better feedback in posts I read.  She will be 16 in Oct., so I would be comfortable using their current requirements & holding my breath and proceeding in faith.  I had gotten so adept at navigating TESU's requirements and equivalents, but now my head is just spinning.  I have a spreadsheet that shows what she has so far when plugged into TESU's requirements.  Would that help?  Or if you can you point me to where I can find what is required at each school, I could rework my spreadsheet? 

Jennifer Cook DeRosa tells me that you are a gem.  What do you need from me to put together a degree path so we can keep plugging along?  I would be ever so grateful for whatever help you can give. 

Honestly, I just don't know COSC as well as TESU, so you can't count on me for much help there.  I do have a degree plan that you can use though, if that will get you started. But for instance, I can't tell you that XXX course will count in the Concentration.  I just don't know the school well enough to guide you.  But, I think the spreadsheet will give you a good start.

The thing to remember about COSC (and EC) is that you can't apply and be considered an enrolled student like TESU.  You have to enroll, and then start paying per-term fees.  Since you don't want to do that until you're ready to go, you have to get all 114 credits before you enroll (or at least, get most of them, and then enroll in the cornerstone and get the help from them to map out your courses.  But, with your daughter's age, there is time if you make a mistake, to correct it and take another course or two, so it's not like you'd need to panic.

Also, with COSC it's possible to "double-dip" meaning a single course can meet multiple requirements.  So the Business Stats course that's required for the business degree will also meet the Knowledge Area Requirements in Math.  World Religions will count for both Non-US History and Global Understanding.  Either of the Econ courses will count as Social/Behavioral Sciences, and meets the business prereq.  You can only count each course for 3 credits, but they will meet 2+ areas.  You will also need a lab science course; Study.com now has Bio I with lab, and it's a virtual lab which sounds a lot better than the SL labs.

Anyway, hopefully this gets you off to a good start, and someone who knows COSC better than I do will chime in once you've put all your courses into their respective slots.

[homeschoolmom1]

I wonder if this new policy also applies for Associate´s degrees at TESU. If so, it seems rather silly that someone who has an official high school diploma and is 16 years old would not be able to enroll for an Associate´s degree.

[Clodyneseidel]

I wonder if this new policy also applies for Associate´s degrees at TESU. If so, it seems rather silly that someone who has an official high school diploma and is 16 years old would not be able to enroll for an Associate´s degree.

TESU’s mission is returning adults. 18 is the minimum age for an exception as long as you can bring 24 credits. That’s what they told me yesterday. They said their current president wants to stay “true to the mission.”