<p>Hey guys...I'm a senior this year, homeschooled since middle school, and I applied to Brown ED. I got deferred, which makes me happy because I was so nervous about sending in my weird homeschooler application. I thought a straight-out rejection would be headed my way after the committee had a good laugh ;) I don't know if I'll get in or not, but I guess what I'm trying to say is, they at least took me seriously at an Ivy League school. I'll probably still be rejected, but the point is: they didn't seem to think that homeschooling was a joke. So rock on, fellow homeschoolers.</p>
<p>Good luck, speck! Hope you get many acceptances, including Brown. :)</p>
<p>I was also deferred by Yale. It was what I was expecting; they were unable to provide me with an interview and I wouldn't expect them to accept a homeschooler without that sort of extra push, I suppose. I also heard that Yale only defers students whom they are genuinely interested in, and it's a relief, anyways. I'll just have to keep being spectacular and hope all goes well in April. Even a deferral from a school like Yale is a positive thing, I think, so I'm feeling pretty good right now.</p>
<p>(Thank you very much to all the lovely homeschooling mothers who helped me polish my application, it really means a whole lot to me. :))</p>
<p>Congratulations, gavroche! I heard the Yale decisions were due out, so I was wondering. I'm a little surprised they didn't accept you outright, but a deferment from Yale certainly is something to be proud of. It means you were on the right track with your application, and you'll surely be accepted to one of the other great schools you're applying to. And, if Yale accepts you after all, you'll still get to shop around.</p>
<p>speckonthemirror, good luck to you too with your Brown deferment. I think most colleges are aware that home schooling is not a joke, but it's hard to remember that when you're waiting to hear the results. Are you finished sending out your other applications?</p>
<p>Will either of you be sending in supplemental information? I've heard of students taking action to boost their deferred applications. I have no idea if people really do that, and have always been curious about the ads for deferment counseling I see on this site sometimes.</p>
<p>Congrats to you all! Hope you get in through next round! </p>
<p>Since you've all been so great, it wouldn't be fair to drop off without giving the answer. I'm just pasting my post from the Princeton forum, you guys rock, especially thank you to all the moms who post here and give such good insights! Hope to keep in touch with you for the next while on where I go next!</p>
<p>"LOL, rejected and surprisingly chipper. As for why, I suspect it is because they never got my entire application. After they sent the "missing parts" email, I never got a confirmation, and when I called right before thanksgiving they didn't have my SAT 2 scores or my teacher evaluation, but they had everyone elses SAT 2 scores <em>shrug</em></p>
<p>I think I figured it out the morning I woke up before the mail came though, somewhat strange. I am very surprised at how happy and un-upset I am very odd reaction for me. But I am completely okay with it. Lol, even if my mom is convinced that I am horrendously depressed and am pretending, she was more upset than me I think. I love my mom, she was so shocked I didn't get in, I kept telling her to relax.</p>
<p>But it was a really good experience, if I hadn't ever applied, I wouldn't have met ya'll. Thanks so much for everything! I'll probably hang around a bit before I disappear. Double congratulations to everyone who got in and was deferred! Ya'll are amazing and I'm sure you'll do well. Still sending in a thank-you to Princeton anyway, the admissions people are really nice and completely rock.</p>
<p>The only feeling I am left with now is a happy puzzlement of where to go now and bittersweetly happy feelings for the amazing school Princeton is. May you all reach your dreams! I know somewhere, somehow I can still reach mine. Merry Christmas!!!"</p>
<p>I'm going to be sending in supplementary information and letting them know what I'll be doing during the spring. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I'd like to think that Yale wants to accept me and just wants proof that I've been doing exciting things over the winter and spring and not, you know, bumming around my house for 5 months. ;) I'm going to send them a letter (I'm not sure how soon is appropriate?) with updates and confirm that Yale is still my first choice. I also polished up my transcript a whole lot for newer applications, though most of mine have already been sent in. And thank you, very very much.</p>
<p>Thanks for the update, gavaroche, and you're welcome. It sounds like you're taking the right approach, to assume they would like to accept you. They truly would be very lucky to have you as a student, and there's a good chance you can get enough information to them for them to see that. In any case, I'd love to hear about your other acceptances when the time comes.</p>
<p>Sweetestsith, where else have you applied? Are you going to be working this week to get more applications out? </p>
<p>It's a shame students have to learn the ropes of the application process by applying to their favorites first. It's too bad you can't work up to your top choice after practicing on all the others. </p>
<p>Never the less, there are many excellent schools out there, and you're sure to find the perfect one for you if you keep at it now. Many excellent schools have their eyes out for homeschoolers. The wonderful thing about RD is that you'll be able to take your pick of any that accept you if you get your applications out now.</p>
<p>speckonthemirror, there is a former dean from Brown, Joyce Reed, who homeschooled her children. I'm not sure what her fees are, but she does have an online consulting business. It might be worth an hour or so with her to get her ideas about how you could handle your deferment. </p>
<p>Good luck with Brown and your other applications!</p>
<p>Hey yourself, speck!</p>
<p>I homeschooled my daughter from mid-7th grade on and she just finished her first set of finals at Brown this morning. So, yes, there is hope to get in.</p>
<p>I've heard that it is easier for a homeschooler to get in there than at other Ivies, because they are more open to nontraditional sorts of applications. She is now glad that she was deferred when she applied ED to Penn, because she thinks it turns out that Brown is best for her. (She applied EA to Chicago which also deferred and ultimately accepted her; she's glad she got the deferral because she did lots more research and decided that Brown was a much better fit.)</p>
<p>Try giving the admissions department a call and see what you could give them to help supplement your application. My daughter did this with both Penn and Chicago and it at least worked with the latter.</p>
<p>I'll tell you what we submitted to Brown in case it would be of use to you. We had a description of the home study program, including course descriptions with resources used and a reading list. Attached to that were a couple supplemental recommendations (one from me -- I had to write it for Chicago and I liked it so much I included it for everyone) and some short, outside-evaluated work product (again, we needed this for another school and it was easier for everyone to get the same thing).</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Your daughter is quite an exception. When you got your deferral letter, that was pretty much over for you....guarantee you won't get in.</p>
<p>Brown seems to have a reputation for being kind to quirky applications.
This may or may not be completely true anymore.</p>
<p>When my son put his college list together we ran it by a friend of ours who is head of college counseling in a large school district.
After reading the main essay which was illustrated he felt that Brown would be the most receptive to it.</p>
<p>Brown rejected him RD but he was accepted by Columbia and Princeton. The former having a reputation for being the most harsh on homeschooled applications (they ask for 5 Sat 2's).</p>