Home Schooled Students
The same general policies and procedures, including restrictions that apply to public and private dually enrolled students, early admissions students, and students who have graduated from high school also apply to home-schooled students. Due to the unavailability of traditional high school transcripts, placement test and college entrance exam scores have a greater importance in admissions decisions. An interview with an admissions advisor, during which at least one parent or guardian must be in attendance, is required for eighth through tenth grade students. Parents or guardians of eighth through tenth graders students must complete an addendum to the HCC general application agreeing to specific conditions related to their students enrollment. Whenever recommendations are required, at least two of the recommendations must be provided by individuals other than the student’s parents or guardians. As is true for other dually enrolled and gifted and talented students, the primary purpose for the enrollment of home-schooled students must be for academic enrichment and not to supplement or substitute for coursework that comprises the student’s secondary school curriculum. HCC grants admission to home-schooled students on an individual basis. Consent to enroll is dependent on fulfillment of specific application requirements and on what the college determines to be in the student’s and its own best interests.