I was just wondering if anyone had any info to whether or not being homeschooled would necessarily hurt my college application even if i have good grades. (Ps. I’m also taking Duel Enrollment courses my Junior and Senior year)
There is no one answer here.
Some colleges are more homeschool-friendly than others, and at the individual school level, admissions committees change over time and can be more or less skeptical of homeschooling from year to year. In addition, homeschooling varies by family, so a homeschool graduate could have worked on more or less rigorous curriculum and the parent could have done a better or worse job documenting the student’s accomplishments.
Research colleges that are a good fit for you, then read the admissions pages to see what the homeschool policy is.
Taking non-remedial college courses while in high school does offer some external validation that you are ready for college.
Taking SAT subject tests for high school level courses completed in home school can also offer some external validation of what you learned. Same with AP tests for AP-level home school courses.
How important such external validation is for home schooled students applying to college presumably depends on the college applied to.
I’ve been a homeschooler for ~2 decades and leader of a regional group for a good chunk of that time. In my opinion, colleges like homeschoolers because they tend to be self-directed and hit the ground running. What you bring to your app matters, but I don’t think that being homeschooled will hurt you at any school worth attending.
“dual enrollment” - just so you don’t have that problem on apps (not ‘duel’).
It really depends on the school and your background. Where are you looking?
My oldest was homeschooled all the way through 12th grade. He started dual enrollment his senior year.
He then stayed an additional year at community college.
He doesn’t quite have an AA, but is going to a 4 year school in January, with a very high CC GPA. It really helped. He has never even taken the SAT or ACT. He does not have a full ride, but he did get a large chunk of his tuition covered in scholarships.
As with everything, it depends on the college. My daughter has been homeschooled since age 4, did dual enrollment her last two years of high school, has been accepted into all seven of the schools where she applied early action, been offered good scholarships at some (still waiting on info from most), and been invited to additional scholarship competitions. You may be able to get a feel for how open the school might be to homeschoolers by checking their websites to see how many extra hoops they make homeschoolers jump through to apply. The only extra hoop we have had has been to have her homeschool transcript notarized for one school. In our state, homeschoolers are not required to operate under an accredited umbrella, though we are considered private schools. Mercer, to take an extreme example of one that doesn’t seem to be very interested in homeschoolers, says, “Applicants unable to verify completion of a College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) via transcript from an accredited high school must show academic strength in the CPC subjects through a combination of eight SAT II or Advanced Placement (AP) exams. SAT I and/or ACT test scores are also required to evaluate a student’s overall academic qualifications.” That’s very excessive and not one I would bother with.