<p>Okay I am not homeschooled or even thinking about becoming homeschooled, but this question just popped up into my head:</p>
<p>Is it possible for a homeschooled student to get into harvard or any other ivy league school?</p>
<p>Absolutely.</p>
<p>Why would Harvard reject someone solely based on type of schooling?</p>
<p>One of the students at my online school last year went to Harvard. She was a world champion hockey player, though.</p>
<p>Home-schooled students are relatively rare at Harvard and its peer institutions although I am not mindful of any statistics referencing how the admissions rate compares to those from more traditional schooling backgrounds. Princeton includes home-schooled students in the statistics set that it releases each year:</p>
<p>[Princeton</a> University | Admission Statistics](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/]Princeton”>http://www.princeton.edu/admission/applyingforadmission/admission_statistics/)</p>
<p>Apparently, four home-schooled students have joined Princeton’s Class of 2014.</p>
<p>On that note, though, I believe that Evan O’Dorney is applying to Harvard this year for a position in the Class of 2015. (He is a home-schooled student who won the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee, finished second at the 2010 IMO, and has won the USAMO multiple times.) He has publicly expressed his hope to attend Harvard. I am interested to hear where he attends.</p>
<p>My dorm mate is home schooled.</p>
<p>lol, O’dorney is a freakin’ genius, I sure hope he gets acceptance to all his schools. It would be disappointing for schools to reject such a talented guy</p>
<p>^ Umm I think you posted in the wrong thread…</p>
<p>“Mr. Brenzel of Yale: We see only a few homeschooled applicants, and we do occasionally admit a homeschooled student. Evaluation is usually difficult, however. It helps if the applicant has taken some college level courses, and we can get evaluations from those teachers. We are not keen on homeschooled students where the only evaluations come from parents and the only other information available consists of test scores.”
[Q</a>. and A.: College Admissions - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://questions.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/qa-college-admissions/]Q”>Q. and A.: College Admissions - The New York Times)</p>
<p>O’dorney probably had like a 300 on the CR, have you seen him speak? He sounded severely autistic…</p>
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<p>I believe he possesses a rather severe form of Asperger’s Syndrome so understandably his verbal aptitude may be somewhat lackluster. However, his prominent achievements and academic promise as a mathematician and are almost certain to secure admission.</p>
<p>[Evan</a> O’Dorney | Facebook](<a href=“http://www.facebook.com/pages/Evan-ODorney/236203140571]Evan”>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Evan-ODorney/236203140571)</p>
<p>Wow, guys, check out the hateful comments toward O’Dorney. I think it’s absolutely disgusting.
The comments, especially, by Mukund Ragunathan are so repulsive. </p>
<p>Whatever, it’s probably all out of jealousy. </p>
<p>I hope O’Dorney gets into every school he applies to. Clearly, he’s very talented and intelligent and I’m glad his neurological disorder wasn’t a setback in striving for these achievements.</p>
<p>Hats off to O’Dorney!</p>
<p>Additionally, the comments on his YouTube videos are rife with completely tactless charges of social ineptitude. Many are not only unaware of his condition but also unmindful of Asperger’s effect in precluding normal interpersonal interaction. Then again, YouTube contains distasteful remarks and incompetent argumentation in higher than desirable quantities. </p>
<p>(Also, I apologize for the lack of proofreading in #11.)</p>
<p>People can be so hurtful.</p>
<p>If I went to school with O’ Dorney, I’d go out of my way to befriend him! His achievements, considering his setbacks, are so inspiring.</p>
<p>Okay who is this O’ Dorney person and what did he do that’s so important/amazing that caused hate by at the same time inspired people at the same time</p>
<p>His name is Evan O’Dorney. He achieved first place in the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee and has been the recipient of many awards from the world’s most prestigious mathematics competitions. He is commonly derided due to perceptions of inelegance in public interviews, his homely appearance, and pervasive anti-intellectualist vibe common to those who disparage him. Many view him as an inspirational figure because of his achievements and intellectual dexterity despite his having a form of autism. You may run a Google search if you wish for something more detailed.</p>
<p>He is going to Harvard and plans to be a math major</p>
<p>Just saw that 0.3% of P students, accepted last year were home-schooled.</p>
<p>Guessing thats about 5, but not too low a percentage.</p>