Home-Schooled Students

In accordance with United States Department of Education regulations, home-schooled students are required to self-certify that their home-school setting is treated as a home-school or private school under state law, that they are beyond the age of compulsory secondary school attendance under state law and that they will receive a home-school high school diploma prior to study at UD. Otherwise, admission documents and standards are the same for those schooled inside the home as for those schooled outside the home.

UD asks each high school to provide an informative high school profile with the official high school transcript. If the profile is not sufficiently illustrative about course content, the university will require high school syllabi (including books used, laboratory work done and a description of experiential learning). A partial portfolio of the student’s work may be required. A personal interview with an admission counselor or faculty member is helpful for all applicants and may be required when course content does not follow a published standard.