| The goal of most if not all parents that homeschool | | | | the lessons they deliver, and the diplomas they |
| their children is to have them gain admission into a | | | | confer, will be officially recognized by college and |
| top college or university. For many, great effort is | | | | universities across the country. |
| put into providing the right lessons and instruction at | | | | Colleges and universities have specific course |
| the elementary and high school levels in order to | | | | requirements for the students who apply. Generally, |
| encourage and promote success on standardized | | | | colleges require a certain number of credits in specific |
| tests and high school courses. By the time a student | | | | core course. These courses usually include math, |
| reaches high school, the curriculum can become | | | | science, English, and a foreign language. Most colleges |
| intense and complicated, making the homeschooling | | | | for example, require two years or four semester of |
| process extremely challenging for a parent. For those | | | | a laboratory science and two years of a foreign |
| parents who want to make sure their child is | | | | language, as well as three or four years of math. At |
| accepted into a top college or university, enrollment | | | | a distance learning school, time has been taken to |
| into a distance learning program at the high school | | | | make sure that the courses they offer will satisfy |
| level can be the best way to make sure that a | | | | the minimum requirements in these particular areas of |
| student "ends up" at the college of their choice. | | | | study for any college or university that a student |
| The college admissions process has become so | | | | chooses to apply to. For most parents who |
| complicated that parents are looking for anything and | | | | homeschool their children, making sure that they |
| everything that can give their children an advantage | | | | have met these minimum admissions requirements |
| over other potential applicants. Parents who are | | | | represents the one aspect of homeschooling that |
| homeschooling their children in particular, can really | | | | creates the most stress for them. After all, no |
| benefit from the use of a distance learning school. By | | | | parent wants to make a mistake and not offer their |
| far the top benefit of a distance learning school, | | | | student a class that will prevent them from being |
| especially one that has been officially accredited, is | | | | admitted into college. |
| the fact that the curriculum and instruction is | | | | With the help of a distance learning accredited |
| designed to both follow state and federal instructional | | | | homeschool, parents can avoid this stressful aspect |
| standards, as well as college credit and admission | | | | of education, and focus on helping their students |
| requirements. | | | | achieve by providing additional or supplemental |
| Accredited distance learning schools have been | | | | instruction that is in-line with what the distance |
| thoroughly reviewed by an official organization whose | | | | learning school is doing. The college admissions |
| sole purpose is to review the curriculum, instructional | | | | process can be very complicated and often |
| methods, and professional credentials of a school. By | | | | confusing, but with the help of a distance learning |
| obtaining recognition as an accredited school, these | | | | homeschool, a parent can at least eliminate one |
| distance learning programs virtually guarantee that | | | | major source of concern. |