<p>...and I didn't turn out so bad.</p>
<p>I was homeschooled back when it was a crime. Since then, I got my BS from the Naval Academy and my M.D. from the University of Michigan School of medicine.</p>
<p>Keep up the good work!</p>
<p>Thanks for being a pioneer and making it easier for those of us who followed! Sounds like it worked out well for you. :-)</p>
<p>That's awesome! I know a few first generation homeschooled parents, and they had the HARDEST time with homeschooling because of the "horribleness" of homeschooling. Congratulations! Really something to be proud of!</p>
<p>I am homeschooled and I'm going to be a Princetonian (I hope). Ha.</p>
<p>thats a rude offensive thing to say. after that comment, U dont desevre princeton.</p>
<p>So bitter. Do I detect jealousy, perhaps?</p>
<p>And I don't have any intentions of attending Princeton. Jealousy? Hahahaha, more of a sense of annoyance caused by such a pretentious attitude.</p>
<p>So you condemn all homeschoolers because you perceive an attitude you don't like in one of them?</p>
<p>There was nothing pretentious about the original post -- the "I hope " and "ha" makes this clear.</p>
<p>I think there obviously is some bitterness going on or at least nervousness as to your own admission somewhere. On a thread elsewhere, you said that no one in your school's 2005 graduating class had got into anywhere decent. Further, you equated "decent" with "elite" -- which seems far more pretentious than someone saying he/she hopes to go to Princeton.</p>
<p>NavyDocUSNA91, I think it's very helpful for current homeschoolers to hear from those who have gone on to college and careers, so thanks for posting. I'd be curious to hear if you noticed any differences between yourself and the schooled students in your thinking, study methods or in any other ways. Did you have an easy transition to school?</p>
<p>This is my daughter's response:</p>
<p>Transition for me wasn't really all that hard, especially since I had previously taken courses at Brown. One of the things I had to get used to was there just being more people. So I sit up front and try to show up for professors' office hours. Another thing I had to get used to was having to rush to get the books needed for a research paper for a particular class. By the time I checked at the library, a bunch of books I wanted were taken, which meant I had to track them down.</p>
<p>After the first test or so, I got used to taking timed essay tests. I suppose I could have done a bit more of that at home. But my learning curve was pretty brief.</p>
<p>I've had no problems making friends. I haven't seen any differences in study methods, although I think I study more than other people. This may have been due to the difficulty of my courses. I'm way more definite about my major and future career than most other freshmen. That's about it.</p>
<p>Yeah, I guess your daughter was quite a boozer.</p>
<p>Actually, I thought homeschoolers were more open minded than their peers. Willing to take on, critically review, and discuss new concepts.
A bit less regimented as it were.
I leave for Iraq in 4 weeks, but I will be able to respond to posts (I think) as I've been informed of limited internet connectivity incountry.</p>
<p>I'm also homeschooled and have been since I was in 7th grade, and let me tell you it's so much better than public schooling. The only real problem I had in homeschool was people automatically thuoght that if you were homeschooled you were dumb as hell, low IQ, they thought you were a troublemaker, etc. But I've done very good for myself, better than I would've if I was public schooled. And if you want to become a Doctor, do you HAVE to go to a medical school? Because I really REALLY want to be a doctor, that's something I've always wanted to be since I was young and currently the college I'm going to be put into is West Michigan University. Is that good to start out in? Do I HAVE to go to a medical school immediately or what? And also is homeschool look better on a college admission form than public schooling?</p>
<p>In public school you learn than first you go to college for undergraduate in premed, and then to medical school. and yes, you must go to medical school..but first you have to do premed</p>
<p>Good to see you NavyDoc, here from the service academy pages!</p>
<p>Applause to NavyDoc! That's awesome that you were disciplined to accomplish your goals. Others need to hear these success stories. Thanks for sharing.
Mom of four hs sons.</p>