<p>I know that there is a thread like this from previous years, but it would be nice to have a new thread to show acceptances. I haven't seen one for this year, so I figured I would start one. At the end of the season (May) we'll compile a list. If you want to post, please tell (a few sentences) about how you home school, because there are just so many options.</p>
<p>My 2012 hs graduate has been accepted to (alphabetical):</p>
<p>Alabama (Honors)
Baylor
Furman
Pittsburgh (Honors)
U of Rochester</p>
<p>All offered significant merit aid.</p>
<p>He was waitlisted at WUSTL (too bad for them 
)</p>
<p>He’s likely to go to U of Rochester since he feels they are the best for what he wants (Pre-med with great research options). We’ll know for sure after accepted students day.</p>
<p>We started homeschooling him after he finished 6th grade at our local ps. Our local ps is rather low academically… I wanted better for my guys. They’ve achieved it. We pick and choose courses and curriculum to fit each, but generally stay on a college prep plan.</p>
<p>I have few regrets and none about choosing to homeschool in our situation.</p>
<p>Congratulations and thank you for posting! Good luck on your acceptance visit, but I’m sure he’ll love UofR (I grew up in Rochester)!</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted to Colorado School of Mines and to Dartmouth (ED). She will attend the latter this fall.</p>
<p>We’e always homeschooled, though she has taken several online courses the past few years.</p>
<p>Accepted to Pomona College ED.</p>
<p>Hey guys! I’m a homeschooled student from Illinois. I started being homeschooled in 8th grade and continued through senior year. </p>
<p>Admissions:
UCLA
UCSD
UCSB
UIC Honors and GPPA Public Health
University of Illinois
University of Miami
Benedictine University
Santa Clara University</p>
<p>Wait-listed:
George Washington
UM Ann Arbor
UNC-Chapel Hill
Northeastern
Emory
Claremont Mckenna College</p>
<p>Denied:
Stanford
UCBerk
USC
Georgetown</p>
<p>Hey! I am a NC homeschooled senior, have always been homeschooled. I will give you a quick breakdown of what we did (hopefully it helps someone!).
I did not take online classes or work with a homeschool group. My family’s style is more eclectic homeschooling using textbooks, videos, free resources online etc… to make a curriculum. I did not take AP exams, but I did take SAT Subject Tests (Math Level II, World History, US History, Biology and Literature) the SAT and the ACT. I have about 450 hours of volunteering through highschool (tutoring kids, VP of library volunteer group, two service projects, helping out at museums). Um… We made nice admissions packets for each school with: a detailed course description, student resume, home-made transcript, a physics research paper I completed in the summer, complete highschool reading list, and recommendation letters. Probably overkill, I doubt the admissions people read everything! 
My Mom and I were kind of at a loss for what to send them, so we figured the more the better!! </p>
<p>I only applied to three schools: (Putting together the above paperwork took about 2 months of our time and I only wanted to apply to In-State schools.)</p>
<p>Accepted to:
-UNC-Chapel Hill (Will be attending this fall!!!)
-NC State (Waitlisted EA, then Accepted)
-UNC-Greensboro (Accepted to Honors College and Waitlisted for Scholars Program)</p>
<p>Congratulations, Jadexx!! You sound like a remarkable student with a good head on your shoulders. :-)</p>
<p>giasanku,</p>
<p>Congratulations to you, too! Wow, you’ve got some great schools to choose from. Have you made a decision yet? UCLA was tough this year-good for you for getting in!</p>
<p>My daughter is graduating in May from a homeschool consortium. She did not take any CC courses or online classes. She was a competitive USA Swimmer throughout her 4 years of HS. She applied as an Engineering Major. I put together her entire transcript and Supplement to Transcript. She received Merit $ from all of her accepted Colleges and two schools offered her an Athletic scholarship too. She will be attending Case Western Reserve University fall of 2012. </p>
<p>Accepted:
Florida Institute of Technology
Colorado School of Mines
Rose-Hulman
Baylor University
William Jewell College
University of Miami
Case Western Reserve University
University of Kentucky</p>
<p>Waitlisted:
Washington and Lee</p>
<p>Denied:
Stanford
Rice
Washington University
Vanderbilt
Univ of Virginia
Northwestern
Duke</p>
<p>Congratulations, BluePoodle! Case is an outstanding school.</p>
<p>For my son who applied to 10 schools, here’s the list.</p>
<p>Accepted:</p>
<p>Princeton
Univ. of Pennsylvania
MIT
Caltech
Harvey Mudd
Vanderbilt
WUSTL
UT Dallas
U Pitt
Baylor</p>
<p>No decision yet.</p>
<p>Thank you Sbjdorlo! I am very proud of my daughter’s acceptance to Case considering I am a single Mom and finances were a huge concern. </p>
<p>I would have loved to see her accepted to Rice (my first choice for her) but really now having visited Case, it really seems like a perfect fit for her. </p>
<p>Congratulations to you and your Son on all of his acceptances. You’ll have to post where he is heading once he decides. I am sure it will be a difficult choice. It is encouraging to see a homeschool student do so well with college admissions. None of the homeschoolers around here try to apply anywhere except for the state schools and Christian colleges. Nothing wrong with that of course, but there are other options.</p>
<p>Wow, what a list! Giasanku, how great that you got into so many outstanding schools! Congratulations on such a wonderful list of schools for your daughter BluePoodle! And Sbjdorlo, no wonder your son hasn’t decided yet, that is an amazing list of schools. </p>
<p>I have been accepted Michigan State, the University of Michigan, NYU, Hampshire College, Kalamazoo College (after a strange waitlist period) and Bard College. Bard was my first choice and I’ll be starting there in August!</p>
<p>I was denied at Williams, Middlebury, Amherst, Carleton and Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I think Homeschooling will become more of an emerging form of education in the coming years/decades. My experience certainly wasn’t perfect, but I think that when a homeschooling program is supplemented with tons of real-world activities it really become a plus. I certainly couldn’t have done the things I did if I didn’t homeschool, but unfortunately I think there is still somewhat of a stigma associated with it.</p>
<p>Hey everyone! I’m a NYS homeschooler, and have been homeschooled ever since second grade. What a great list of acceptances! Congratulations to everyone! Homeschoolers FTW!</p>
<p>Accepted:
Ithaca College (Park School + Honors program)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
SUNY Geneseo
Cornell</p>
<p>I’m attending Cornell this fall and I’m so excited! Homeschooling has been such a great experience for me, and through my various classes, online or not, I’ve really broaden my horizons and been able to meet so many interesting people. However, I definitely agree with you, LeCorbusier. Homeschooling, no matter what your educational philosophy is, has a stigma attached to it, which is unfortunate.</p>
<p>I just found this thread. I’ve homeschooled my only daughter from the beginning. Being urban (4 blks west of Chicago) I was always concerned about safety. We were blessed with a great homeschool support group andmy daughter’s best friend lived down the street so they grew up together. </p>
<p>From age 5 my daughter danced ballet which was 2-3 times a week. With the ballet, homeschool enrichment activities and play dates we believed that she received all the “socialization” (ha!) she needed. </p>
<p>We had a high school plan based on the Trivium and Quad 4–4 years of Math, 4 of Lab Science, 4 of English/literature, 4 of Social Science, and 3 years Foreign Language with a few extras.</p>
<p>We tried a few quality online classes----the first AP Studio Art class ever offered through Penna Homeschoolers and 3 years of weekly courses in Antiquity through the Lukeion Project (archaeologists and homeschoolers!) The rest we did ourselves. </p>
<p>We also did two summers of pre-college programs so that my daughter would get a feel for what she thought would be her possible chosen college major as well as to experience different types of schools. Her first college experience was a 2 week commuter program in Architecture. She took the CTA train downtown with my husband every morning. The following summer she went to a two week Science and Engineering program downstate. She determined that she hated the school and was only interested in aerospace. She also took a Product Design course and found that Product Design and living in an urban center wasn’t for her.</p>
<p>During the last semester of homeschool she decided upon Architecture. She had a great gpa and fantastic ACT/SAT scores but didn’t want to go to the prestigeous schools that I was suggesting. She applied to only three schools and was accepted to her dream: a school where she could study Architecture and continue to dance Ballet. (A rare combination) She found both at Kansas State!</p>
<p>What a great story, bungalowdweller. Congratulations to your D! She sounds like one amazing young woman!</p>