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Answer 1: An online high school diploma is no different from one earned at a normal, in-classroom high school...

...that is, as long as the high school issuing the online diploma is accredited by an agency approved by the US Department of Education (USDE) or the USDE-sanctioned Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). That's the key. As long as it's accredited (and with high school diplomas, the specific type of accreditation that is best is called "regional" accreditation), then no college should view it any differently than any other kind of high school diploma.

The reason anyone even wonders if an "online" diploma or degree is acceptable is because people who don't really understand distance learning and accreditation will completely wrongly say that "online" credientials are fake, or always unaccredited, or from degree/diploma mills, etc. Nothing could be further from the truth; however, one must, indeedd, be careful.

"Online" has gotten a bad name because all fake schools that rip people off -- degree and diploma mills -- are, indeed, online. But that's only because it's about a gazillion times easier (and cheaper) to build an impressive-looking fake school website than in impressive-looking fake school actual, physical campus. Therefore, all fake/bad schools are "online."

But it's an "all toes are fingers, but all fingers aren't toes" kind of thing. All fake schools are online (and offer online credentials), but not all online schools (and their credtials) are fake or bad. Even Harvard and Yale now offer completely online, entirely distance learning degrees. So just because the diploma or degree is "online" means nothing interms of credibility. As long as the diploma or degree is accredited by a USDE- and/or CHEA-approved agency, then it's fine... especially if the agency is one of the "regional" (as opposed to "national") accreditors. "National" is good, too, mind you. But "regional" is the so-called "gold standard" of educational accreditation.

So, just make sure that the online high school really and truly is "regionally" accredited, and any college will accept its diploma.

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