<p>
[quote]
DianeR: Was the transition from homeschooling to college hard on your daughter?
[/quote]
</p>
<p>No, not really. She had taken courses at Brown for two summers during high school and so was familiar with the campus, the library, studying for more high pressure tests (as compared to ones at home), etc. We used college texts for everything except Latin & Greek (the texts really didn't have a level) and math prior to calculus, so the academic transition wasn't very hard. We also listened to a lot of college-level Teaching Company courses, so she had practice listening to lectures and taking notes. She's also done a number of research papers, so that was nothing new.</p>
<p>The only real problem she found was discovering that when a professor announces particular books might be useful for researching topics for papers, students rush over to the library and check them out, even if they don't intend to start work on their papers right away. So she had to do some asking around to find out who had certain books and arrange for access. Fortunately, that all got worked out. This semester she went right to the library once she had a topic in mind!</p>
<p>Socially, it hasn't been a problem. Contrary to stereotype, homeschoolers do usually have outside activities, socialize with each other and regularly-schooled friends, etc. I don't think she had any more of an adjustment than did my son, who had attended a private school. My daughter fences and so has a ready-made peer group with the team (someone from her home club is also a freshman on the team). There is this little clutch of Egyptology concentrators who hang out together. And she is the type who seems to be able to make friends with most in her classes, her dorm, etc.</p>
<p>I've talked to a number of other homeschooling parents and it seems like my daughter's easy transition is typical. Periodically, some student newspaper or alumni magazine at a college will come out with a "oh look, there are these homeschoolers on campus" article, which gets passed around homeschooling boards. None that I've seen have mentioned an adjustment problem.</p>
<p>9th Grade:
French I
Computer Applications
Nutrition & Wellness
Integrated Science I
Geometry Honors
Band
English I</p>
<p>10th Grade:
English II Honors
Biology I Honors
French II
World History Honors
Band
Algebra II Honors
FCAT Prep: 10th Grade
AP Microeconomics</p>
<p>11th Grade:
AP Art History
Pre-AP Calculus
AP Psychology
AP Biology
Band
AP English Language
Chemistry I Honors
AP U.S. History</p>
<p>12th Grade:
AP U.S. Government
AP Comparative Government
AP English Literature
AP European History
AP Calculus AB
Band
AP Physics C
AP Macroeconomics
AP Computer Science A</p>
<p>Wow, I'm going to post my schedule. Why? Because looking at all these super-intelligent schedules, my "regular" schedule now is the weird one!</p>
<p>9th:
Wellness/Health
World Geography
Honors Alg I
Physical Science
English I
Personal Computing
Keyboarding/Business Applications
Greenhouse Management</p>
<p>10th:
Geometry
Spanish I and Spanish II
English II
Algebra II Honors
Driver's Ed
Leadership
Biology</p>
<p>11th:
US Gov't/Economics
Service Learning
Pre-Calc
APUSH
Programming I-BASIC
AP Calc AB
English III
Chemistry</p>
<p>12th:
Anatomy & Physiology
AP Stats
AP Lit & Comp
Psychology
Engineering/AutoCAD I
Service Learning
Physics
Music Appreciation</p>
<p>Nowhere near as interesting as others, but my school doesnt have any non standard classes</p>
<p>Freshman
gym/health
english 1
qbasic programming + graphics
geometry
world history
latin 1 funny class
biology</p>
<p>Sophmore
gym/health
Chemistry hilarious teacher
English 2
c++ programming
us history 1
latin 2
chemistry
advanced algebra</p>
<p>Junior
AP Chem
english 3
AP computer science A java
us history 2 (so boring)
latin 3 poetry
precalculus</p>
<p>Senior
AP physics B - self studying C's
english 4 sleep time
AP computer science AB java + applets
prob/stats - studying for AP
AP Calc AB - studying for BC
independent technology study, fix all the schools computers
Micro/Macro economics - independent study
Discrete Mathematics - independent study</p>
<p>Um....4.2 GPA, 2350 SAT, 800USH, 800French, 780MathII, founder/president of two clubs, Student body secretary/treasurer, part time day trader (with $5k of investments), AP Econ, AP USH, AP French, AP English, AP Calc AB, AP Gov't, AP Euro-all 5s.</p>
<p>I guess I will post mine(it isnt that special but it has a trend of improvement)</p>
<p>8th grade:
Spanish 1
H Algebra 1</p>
<p>9th(wow what a slacker):
Geometry
Political Science
Speech/Forensics 1
Health
P.E
Biology
9th Grade English
Spanish 2</p>
<p>10th(a little better):
H Algebra II
H 10th grade English
AP World History
Chemistry
Spanish 3
Speech/Forensics II</p>
<p>11th(arrived):
AP European History
AP US History
AP Biology
AP English Language
H Spanish 4
Adv Alg Trig
AP Human Geo(Ind. Study)</p>
<p>12th(crazy):
AP Microeconomics
AP Art History
AP Comparative Gov
AP US Gov
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB
Physics
AP Environmental(directed study)
AP Macroeconomics(ind. study)</p>
<p>Do you guys know how colleges calculate GPA? My school has a weird GPA system, so would someone please calculate my current GPA (the rest is my projected high school schedule). Also the ones with parentheses around them are pending--I'm not sure if I should take them or not.</p>
<p>9
Honors Precal 96
Honors English 1 99
Honors Biology 100
Art1 97
Technology Systems 95
Honors World Geography 99
Honors Spanish 3 99</p>
<p>10
Honors English II
AP Calc BC
AP Chemistry
Honors World History
Honors Physics
AP Spanish Language
AP Computer Science AB</p>
<p>11
AP English Language
AP Statistics
AP Physics C
AP US History
Honors French 3
AP Biology
Academic Decathlon
AP Env Sci self-study</p>
<p>12
AP English Lit
AP French Language
AP Music Theory
AP Government/AP Macroeconomics
AP Psychology/ (AP Human Geography)
(AP Euro History)
(Independent Study in Medical Science)</p>
<p>Do you guys think it would be good for me to replace some of those AP courses with classes like microbiology and pathophysiology, even though they are regular level? My only worry is that it will hurt my GPA, (I am currently raniked 2/1038, meaning that val has all 97's, 98's and 99's in his/her classes). Is this good enough a schedule to get into Harvard (combined with ECs and everything else?) Thanks for your opinions.</p>
<p>Wow, you guys have really interesting classes. I have a standard IB track, but I love TOK, World Religions, and Philosophy, even though they're often dubbed "useless humanities classes". They've taught me so much about intellectual exploration.</p>
<p>Freshman Year:
GT Modern European History
GT Physical Science
GT English 9
Honors Algebra II
Honors French II
Orchestra</p>
<p>Sophomore:
AP US Government
IB Chemistry I
IB Math Methods SL
Pre-IB French 3
Pre-IB English 10
Interdisc Sociology and Psychology</p>
<p>Junior: (now)
IB History of the Americas HL
IB Physics I SL
IB French I HL
IB English I HL
IB World Religions SL
Theory of Knowledge
AP Calculus BC</p>
<p>Senior Year: (just registered for classes)
IB 20th Century Topics HL
IB English II HL
IB French II HL
IB Mathematics II HL
IB Chemistry II SL
IB Philosophy SL
IB Economics SL</p>
<p>cooljoe- I believe that colleges look at the GPA that appears on your transcript. However, they consider rank more than GPA, since some schools are more competitive than others, and some offer less advanced courses than others.</p>
<p>uh...i feel LIKE AN IDIOT WITH NO STATS...omg how are u guys taking like 3 APs freshie year? i am too depressed to post my schedule now and will be likely committing suicide..lol</p>
<p>Wow, I go to a public magnet school that is considered one of the best in the country and we offer no interesting classes like that. Even ya'll who said you don't take interesting classes do. We haev set curriculums of what we have to take... but we just can take AP instead.
No APs for fresh, we take Magnet/Advanced course instead. And then the school system decide to be weird and have freshman take 7 classes and everyone else take 6 and they changed that this year so now everyone takes seven.
F-
Mag/Adv Geometry
Mag/adv German 2
Mag/Adv Civics/Geography
Mag/Adv Biology
ROTC ( only elective in my schedule that I could take )/Visual Arts
Mag/Adv English
Pe/Health</p>
<p>S-
Mag/Adv Alg 2
Mag/Adv German 3
AP World History
Mag/Adv Chemistry
Spanish 1
Mag/Adv Literature
J-
Mag/Adv Pre-Cal/Trig
AP German
APUSH
AP Physics B
Spanish 2
AP Language and Comp
Drawing B
PROJECTED SENIOR YEAR-
Joint enrollment at Oglethorpe:
College Calc 1
German Literature and Current Events
Intro to Economics
college Chemistry with lab
Midievel and Ren. Literature.
If I stay at my school then:
AP Calc AB
German 5 Lit
AP Economics
AP Physics C
Spanish 3
AP Literature
AP Drawing</p>
<p>9th Grade:
Honors English I
Honors World History
Honors Biology
Geometry
Honors Spanish III
Mythology
Public Speaking
Foundations of Art
Gym/Health</p>
<p>10th Grade:
Honors English II
Honors U.S. History I
Honors Algebra II
Technical Chemistry
Honors Spanish IV
AP American Government
Criminal Justice
Gym/Health</p>
<p>11th Grade (present):
AP Language & Composition
AP U.S. History II
AP Spanish V
AP Biology
Trigonometry/Analytic Geometry
Psychology
Debate
Gym/Health</p>
<p>12th Grade (next year):
AP Literature & Composition
AP World History
AP European History
Calculus
Sociology
Peer Leadership (must go through process)
Gym/Health</p>