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One final piece of advice I have for you is to visit the schools in which you’re interested and see if you really see yourself fitting in and enjoying 4 years there. Set up meetings with admissions to talk about your situation. Get a feeling for whether or not they see it as a positive or negative. And ask questions about dorm living at your age, see what the options are, etc. And look closely at the curriculum for your intended major and see what you think about it. There was recently a former home schooler posting here who was very upset about his college curriculum. He did not get into the types of schools he had hoped and was unhappy with where we ended up. He was used to doing his whole thing and was frustrated with the classes the school was making him take that he felt were useless and a waste of his time.

This is really the basic research all kids should do before applying and deciding on schools. You might be surprised what schools are a good “fit” for you once you start visiting and talking to staff and students.