@CAMidwestMom - we started homeschooling in 3rd grade, and I always thought we’d go back to traditional school for high school. Nope, and it has been a great journey!
Rejected at NYU! I’m relieved that the admissions process is finally over. Pretty sure I’ll be submitting my deposit to Simmons sometime next week. Good luck to everyone else hearing from schools today and tomorrow 
Phew it will be nice to have it all settled @rhiannaps. Great job!
Hi, all. I am posting my son’s decisions for posterity and for any value they may be to future homeschool applicants. In order of his original preference:
Williams - waitlisted
Yale - denied
Cornell - denied
Bowdoin - waitlisted
William & Mary - accepted
Rice University - denied
Davidson - waitlisted
Haverford - accepted
Colby - accepted
Virginia - accepted
Washington & Lee - accepted
Alabama - accepted
It is a reachy list, since he was accepted rolling to UA as his safety school and we were reasonably sure of acceptances from the Virginia public colleges (we are instate). Given the nature of homeschooled admissions and the small class sizes in LACs, we had no other expectations, so each acceptance was a nice surprise.
Now for some stats:
SATI: 2280 (superscored)
SATII: Chemistry 800, Math2 780, Literature 760, US History 740.
AP/DE: 7 of each; 14 total
ECs: BSA Eagle Scout (and related community service), local theatre company (hundreds of volunteer hours over 3 years), TASP 2015.
His recommendation letters were very strong (written by close teachers and mentors); his essays conveyed his “voice” and love of learning but probably were not as polished or creative as the top schools might have wished.
Best wishes to all the Homeschooled Class of 2020 as you enter college! Stay true to what you have been taught…
Impressive @dscottvb! He sounds like a wonderful student. Where does he want to attend? W&M?
Best wishes!
@SouthFloridaMom9 Thanks for the kind words. We are very proud of him and thankful that he has some great options. I am sure he would like to attend all of them at the same time, but will be forced to choose just one.
I believe W&M is at the top of his list, but he wants to look at Haverford and Colby more closely. With FA they are a bit cheaper than W&M, actually, and have some interesting perks. We are not going to play the Waitlist Game, for sure.
Best wishes for your son’s upcoming decisions too…!
Thank you @dscottvb! Son and I joke that “he regrets that he has but one college to attend” (paraphrasing Nathan Hale? LOL). 
Happy exploring! It’s a great blessing to have options.
PS: Thanks for that article.
Congratulations to your son, @dscottvb ! Great choices, indeed!
Thanks for the article. I’m going to send that to my former homeschooled son who’s been on a gap year this year, and who’s heading off to college across the country in the fall.
I homeschooled all three of my sons from the beginning. I’ve got one graduating college (and getting married), one beginning college, and one left at home that might not go to college. Trusting the Lord in all their lives.
Bless you @sbjdorlo!
We didn’t start homeschooling until 3rd grade, and I have great admiration for the parents who did it from the get-go. Wish we had!
Best wishes to your precious sons.
Thank you, @SouthFloridaMom9 ! You did the homeschooling during the most challenging years, so kuddos to you!
My D was rejected at Yale, Stanford, and Princeton. She was waitlisted at Williams, Amherst, Northwestern, and Columbia University. She was accepted at Baylor (full ride because of being a National Merit Finalist), Univ. of Minnesota (1/2 tuition), Wellesley College, Swarthmore College, Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, and UPenn- Wharton.
Her older sister is a freshman at Carnegie Mellon majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Keep the faith! Homeschooling is a wonderful, amazing journey and I have no regrets!
Wow @homeschoolmama - she has some great options, congratulations! And I totally agree with your homeschooling sentiments. L-)
Son accepted to Columbia University, homeschooled from kindergarten to 12th grade - its been a long road. This dad is retired from the “teacher” and “counselor” biz as of June’s graduation.
He will probably take a gap year before attending. Best wishes and congratulations to all !
I’m sorry I keep chiming in every time someone posts, but I just love seeing these posts! Awesome job @raregroove - what an amazing journey you all must have had. =D>
What all did he need to get accepted since he was home schooled?
Final update! After a string of acceptance, I got a string of rejections.
Basic Summary:
Accepted:
University of Florida
Northeastern (Scholarship + honors college)
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Vanderbilt
Rejected:
Harvard
Princeton
Cornell
MIT
Georgetown
Tufts
Some rejections were a surprise (Looking at you Tufts) but admissions was so competitive this year that I am extremely happy to have options that I am extremely excited about. I am so relieved that the process is finally over! Now, the fun part is deciding where to go
@homeschoolmama What is your final choice going to be?
Update
University Of Redlands - Full ride!
@tarawill80 Each school is different. Many have special requirements for homeschool and non-traditional students listed on the admissions web page; others do not specify any additional requirements beyond what all students must submit.
Final update!
After flip flopping back and forth between Vandy and ND, today I have officially enrolled at the University of Notre Dame
Go Irish!!!