<p>I have a friend who went to the same school as me and had about a 3.0 but then dropped out to be home-schooled. His gpa for the next semester rose to about a 3.8. I was just curious if colleges look down upon these home schoolers or if they just weigh their test scores more.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>They weigh test scores and outside classes/courses more. They do the same with schools they may not recognize (looking for GPA and SAT/ACT match).</p>
<p>My homeschooled kid got into ten top schools, including several in the top ten. He had some public education, some summer programs out of school, lots of homeschool, outstanding scores and recommendations, and excellent interviews. It’s not a matter of whether you are homeschooled or not. It is what you do with it. When you transfer back to homeschool, you import your grades from public school into a homeschool transcript and send that in, indicating you provide documentation if needed. Before you withdraw from public school, get your transcripts and download and print all of your individual grades. Also, get documentation that you have turned in all your books etc. Then make sure your parents know the law so they don’t get confused by what the school may claim about what they have to do to withdraw you. Best to do it in summer by certified letter if possible with all factors so it is just paperwork and you get less fuss from school and more time to correct anything that needs to be addressed. Best to get an official signed sealed transcript, or several copies and open one to check it and then use the sealed copies if needed for proof. If your test scores and everything else are really good, they wont probably demand additional documentation. On your transcript, include codes for where you took each course and try to include a couple of college classes and some self-studied or online AP courses with test scores for those. Study hard for those because test scores count a lot for homeschooled students. On the other hand, grades assigned by parents may be considered questionable due to the supposed conflict of interest, even if the patent is professional teacher. So, your friend’s 3.8 might be taken most seriously if his standardized test scores back them up.</p>