<p>Maybe, Anotherparent, you’re right. Our daughter did NOT meet the minimums for acceptance by examination, as she did not take any SAT subject tests.</p>
<p>We filled out name of high school as our R-4 private school name, and just went from there. Everything else we just filled out as though our high school was the same as any other. She did take 50 units of solid CC classes, but we counted them as high school, so she’s not a transfer student (besides, transferring to a UC takes 68 units currently). </p>
<p>In addition, she didn’t do anything about being accepted “by exception,” the other non-traditional path designated by the UCs. We’ll never know that she wasn’t tossed in that pile, but she wasn’t admitted later than all other students to any, and early to SB, so maybe they just worked fast! ; )</p>
<p>I just worry that homeschoolers who are rule-followers in general would be discouraged from applying, given the information on the UC websites.</p>
<p>I think the word just needs to get out that UCs accept homeschoolers. I know around here, the word is out, and we’ve seen a number of homeschoolers accepted to UCs.</p>
<p>@VillageMom, congratulations on your son’s acceptance! That’s a great STEM school!</p>
<p>@Stefani, congrats to your daughter! Was she accepted to any UCs besides SB? I think you are the first homeschooler I’ve heard of accepted by UCs following that method. It’s very encouraging!</p>
<p>Hey y’all !!! I know everyone on this thread seems to be parents, but just a note: the UCs do take homeschoolers !! I was accepted to engineering with a likely letter from ucla and I’m waiting on cal in a few days </p>
<p>One other thing to note: the UCs do require an accredited diploma and unless your state issues some kind of certification then you’ve got to do the GED route. I’m not sure where you’re from but I think states like Texas don’t have strict approval policies for homeschooling and I think that can be a problem for the UCs. Me, for example. I won’t have my required documents to attend but thankfully my dream school has accepted me and I won’t be going to a uc anyway </p>
<p>Just my experience, and of course, I might not be entirely accurate :)</p>
<p>I agree; if students just apply and don’t worry about what route they are applying through, many will be pleasantly surprised at the admissions results.</p>
<p>I see that under your name, it says Georgia Tech '17. Have you really decided?</p>
<p>Love reading the homeschooling success stories here! Congrats on all the acceptances!</p>
<p>Our DD13 made her official college decision today and thought I would share.</p>
<p>A bit of background: homeschooled from kindergarten (including four years of an online cyber charter program in our state) up until this year when she had the awesome opportunity to attend boarding school OOS on scholarship for her senior year where she is having a fantastic experience. So even though she isn’t officially a homeschooler any longer, I still feel all our years homeschooling/unschooling had a significant impact on her prep for college and life.</p>
<p>She applied to 5 schools for engineering and was accepted to all with significant merit awards. Her top choices came down to deciding between two full-ride offers, one at G A T E C H as a President’s Scholar and one as a member of the Levine Scholars Program at U N C Charlotte. After some difficult deliberating, she has decided to attend U N C C as a Levine Scholar. </p>
<p>The program includes four summers of experiences including a month of wilderness backpacking this summer in Wyoming and at least one international experience. The scholarship also includes an $8000 grant to design and implement a service project which she plans to use to develop a program to get more girls exposed to and excited about STEM opportunities.</p>
<p>-Accepted to Florida State University’s honors program with a University Freshman Scholarship.</p>
<p>-Accepted to George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs and Honors program with a $30,000/year Board of Trustees scholarship.</p>
<p>Just want to correct something said earlier. A GED is NOT a requirement to apply to the UCs. I know a number of homeschoolers who were admitted without a GED. :-)</p>
<p>@musubi: I read somewhere that to enroll either a GED or state issued diploma is required? Enlighten me if I’m wrong please Admission requires neither, I was admitted without either document.</p>
<p>It’s been an exciting year!! Accepted to:</p>
<p>-Texas A&M with scholarship money and OOS tuition waiver
-Georgia Tech with honors program
<p>@xoxo, here is the official info on what’s required to enroll. It says to submit an official transcript, but it doesn’t say anything about a GED or diploma. :-)</p>
<p>Looks like the high school class of '13 hijacked the college class of '13 thread. ;)</p>
<p>My hs’d D got accepted ED at RIT and will attend in the fall. We homeschooled from the beginning through high school. She was able to take several comm. college courses through a dual credit program for high school students. We submitted a home school transcript, her comm. college transcript, SAT scores, EC list and the regular application, recommendations, etc.</p>
<p>But see, here’s the thing, she does NOT have an accredited diploma. That’s the key. So it’s not that they don’t accept homeschoolers, but that she didn’t fulfill the hoops that are outlined on the websites.</p>
<p>okay acceptances all with no questions unless noted below:
Private:
Swarthmore, Haverford, Columbia, Barnard, Vassar, Bard Levy Scholar, Dickinson, Muhlenburgh Dana Scholar, GW Honors</p>
<p>(any of the schools that offered MERIT scholarships gave the top one they had without question all went very smoothly)</p>
<p>State:
Rowan B. Honors, U Pitt Honors </p>
<p>Note:
Applied Seton Hall, accepted but they refused the ‘in state tuition scholarship’ as she is ‘unranked’ but gave her a comparable one (her SAT scores were top 5% nationwide)
Northwestern during the interview asked why she didn’t do AP language (she has 10 other APs!)</p>
<p>VERY homeschool friendly were:
Grinnell and MacAlister - they were a bit far and COLD … but amazing schools!
Claremont Consortium - amazing schools and homeschool friendly - too far for us :(</p>
<p>I hope that helps future applicants know that homeschoolers are getting into the colleges they want.</p>
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