Diana

I don’t know about in new jersey, but in WV you have to get a GED.

Maeve

i don’t know about jersey but any where else you is most likely to get a diploma or ged.

Gillian

Try contacting NJHA . They’ll probably be able to help you. I couldn’t find anything specific on their website, though.

Coleman

You can get a high school diploma if you use a school with a curriculum that supplies a diploma

Jade

Your parents simply do a certificate, but more important is a transcript of the credit hours and the subjects taken for the 4 high school years and their corresponding grades….that is what most colleges want as proof.

The certificate you can get at any office supply store.
A high school transcript you have to design for yourself, some samples are online. (see below)

Izabelle

check your state department of education website.

Georgia

It depends on the program. I went through the American School and got a diploma. Penn Foster also gives diplomas to those who complete their high school program.
Both of these are accredited so their diplomas are acceptable to colleges.

Mckayla

For most colleges, you don’t provide a diploma anyway, you provide a transcript and SAT/ACT scores. As a homeschooler, you parent could present a diploma, but a GED is a bad idea, it doesn’t say successful homeschooler, it says dropout.

If you’re interested in college, start looking at the programs you’re interested in, the colleges that provide them, and what paperwork they require for admittance. It varies from school to school, regardless of the state in which you reside.

There are dozens of colleges across the country that are very homeschool-friendly, so likelihood is that you’ll find one that fits your interests and needs. You should really contact your local homeschooling group, they’ll have all that information on colleges that are homeschool friendly.

Sara

It depends on the state and the rules. You’d have to do work at a on-line school that is accreditated and issues a dipolma acceptable to NJ colleges, for example.

College is the only reason you have to worry about it.

Any diploma from any accredited institute will work for an employer.

There is also the GED which you can take and get an eqivalancy diploma.

Moriah

From the little I’ve read, it appears that NJ homeschoolers are private schools and would be allowed to issue their own diplomas. That means your parents can issue you a diploma when they determine you have finished high school. You will NOT receive a diploma from the local public school.

I found nothing to say that you need to take the GED, so I would avoid that - it still has the stigma of drop-out, and (if you have completed homeschool through high school) you did NOT drop-out.

If you are using an accredited program, they will usually offer a diploma when you complete all of their requirements for graduation.

Any of the above should be acceptable to most colleges.