<p>Who is graduating this year from homeschool high school? I am curious where all of you will be headed for college and what you think your major(s) will be.</p>
<p>I'll go first.</p>
<p>University of Chicago
math, classics, or biology</p>
<p>Hey! I'm using my mom's account to post. :P</p>
<p>I'm a homeschooled high school senior, and I'm shooting for Rice University. I'm not sure about majoring in English, but that seems to be unavoidable if I wish to teach English in Japan. :) If I can't do that, then music composition for orchestra and video games is also pretty high up on the list.</p>
<p>Good luck; I hope you are accepted to Rice. It is an excellent school.</p>
<p>Nice to hear that there are other homeschoolers out there.</p>
<p>Stanford
bio major
Slavic studies minor</p>
<p>Taylor University (fort Wayne campus)</p>
<p>Professional Writing</p>
<p>Wheaton College IL
english lit major, harp minor</p>
<p>Jlee88-</p>
<p>I almost applied to Wheaton! It was on my list for a few years when I was planning on majoring in music. Their music program is really outstanding. I am sure there are quite a few musical activities in which one can become involved (especially a harpist, as they are in demand). Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>My dd has finally made her choice:
Naval Academy
engineering, probably Naval Architecture</p>
<p>thanks katharos! The reason I picked Wheaton was part excellent music opportunities+ part outstanding academics+part solid christianity+ ...and part proximity to Chicago. I love that place! And I'm guessing you do, too. =]
What made you pick University of Chicago? Are they pretty friendly to homeschoolers?</p>
<p>RiskCareDream, you can major in something else and participate in like a three week long TEFL course and get your certification that way, no need to major in English.</p>
<p>I have been accepted to Amherst, and will likely go there (though I'm waiting to see where else I'm acceptd)</p>
<p>I want to be an architect, though, you know, Amherst being a liberal arts college...I also want to study languages. Awww.</p>
<p>Avalon,
My older son graduated from Stanford last June. He loved it there, majored in Japanese and spent a year studying in Japan through Stanford. (also studied engineering for a time, but decided it wasn't for him)</p>
<p>RiskCareDream's daughter, This son is now trying to get over to Japan as as assistant English teacher for a year. Unfortunately, he just got his notice that the JET program did not accept him, but he is working on other applications. He loves Japan and is determined to get back over there. You definitely don't need an English degree if programs like JET are what you have in mind.</p>
<p>Jlee88-</p>
<p>I live on the U. of C. campus, so I know what the school has to offer. I alos know many students and profs. I wanted to stay near home, though I might be a little too close to my parents. </p>
<p>I found that the U. of C. was pretty friedly to homeschoolers. I provided quite a bit of additional information so they understood exactly what I did during my high school years. I think what was important was that I laid everything on the table and was completely honest about everything I have (and have not) done. It worked for me.</p>
<p>Good luck at Wheaton. It is a great school, and, I have heard, called the Harvard of the Evangelicals. I guess Christianity is the one thing lacking at Chicago.</p>
<p>most likely rowan u
majoring in communications: public relations</p>
<p>heartcross,</p>
<p>Thanks for letting us know your daughter's final decision. Again you must be so very proud!</p>
<p>Jlee88,</p>
<p>There was an article today in the Washington Post about schools with good food. Wheaton is ranked number 5 in the country. My son is at the number 8 school (WUSTL) and the food is incredible. So it looks like you've got some good eating ahead of you!</p>
<p>It's just starting to sink in! Next up--fighting our way through the NCAA process... Ugh!</p>
<p>Actually the NCAA process isn't that bad anymore. Just start early (unlike yours truly), as soon as your daughter officially graduates. We expected the college to know what to do -- and a bunch of kids found out they weren't eligible on the eve of the first competition. They had filled out a number of NCAA forms one night but apparently those weren't the RIGHT NCAA forms.</p>
<p>Anyway, you just need to provide what their reg says they want from homeschoolers (transcript(s) [grades], SAT/ACT scores, and a list of texts used including publishers). My experience is that they DO want grades. We didn't have any for the home courses and that delayed things for a couple of days. But I worked it out by calling the NCAA Clearinghouse and asking to talk to the person in charge of homeschooler applications. I ended up faxing him with my assurance that my daughter passed everything listed on her transcript. Silly, but it worked. It was a hectic couple of weeks but my daughter got her eligibility in time for the next competition.</p>
<p>If you aren't facing a deadline like this, the eligibility determination may take longer. They give a priority to folks who have a competition coming up. Also, if the school calls or a parent does, things can be expedited. But my experience was that the NCAA person was very nice and just tried to work things out so my daughter could compete. From the test scores and my list of resources used he knew she was academically OK, it was just a question of meeting the reg.</p>
<p>I want to study languages and architecture. And I want to be a sustainable/eco architect/builder. :)</p>
<p>I don't know where I'll be going yet.</p>
<p>brown,
major: who knows. increasingly worried i'll end up applying to med school though.</p>
<p>p.s. avalon i decided last last minute to apply early to brown instead of stanford for a few reasons that were probably arbitrary given how much i knew about the schools... would you mind telling me what made you decide on stanford and maybe what your stats were (tests i guess)?</p>
<p>(i'm officially homeschooled but have taken a full curriculum at harvard extension school since freshman year... still involved in the community though, go homeschooled frisbee (: )</p>