Hi - I am looking for any advice on online schooling - my daughter is training to be a ballet dancer ( at an elite level) and we can no longer do brick and mortar schooling. If she decides to go to college, I am concerned how colleges will perceive her online schooling. Any insight would be helpful, especiallly from sports or ballet/arts parents .
Thanks !
Try asking in the Dance subforum: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/dance-major/
and the Sports: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/athletic-recruits/
It is a good suggestion to post in the Dance sub forum. My cousin’s daughter was invited to join a 4 yr ballet program in NYC at age 15. The students live together and they take an online HS program. They decided not to have her follow this route as the online course would not be well regarded by colleges. She will continue to audition for the summer intensive programs and complete her HS requirements early. The sub forum may have other options for you. Best of luck.
If she wants to major in dance in college then her online HS will be much less important than her audition.
I have found this site to be very helpful: dancers dot invisionzone dot com
^ @“Erin’s Dad” Not necessarily, based on my daughter’s friend’s recent experience. She had to secure both academic admission and acceptance to the dance program by audition. It’s very possible to get one or the other, but not both. That said, it seemed like the dance audition was the harder piece.
@online1234 If she pursues online HS, I recommend that you pursue additional avenues of documenting academic success - AP exams, SAT IIs, and perhaps the occasional dual enrollment course at a local community college. The homeschooling section of this forum would be a great place to look for ideas on how to get the result that you need.
@mamaedefamilia out of curiosity which school was that?
Thanks
U of Arizona (yes academic, no dance) and one other school about which I can’t remember the details.
Along with the suggestions above–are there other dancers in your D’s studio who are doing on-line programs–ask them for suggestions too. If your D is thinking about doing a dance BFA at a place like NYU–grades will matter. On-line programs vary in academic quality and may not prepare your D for the SATs.
My D was on a US national team (ranked 4th in the US in her sport when she retired). She started out in an excellent public hs but transfered to a private, independent hs that was willing to work with her training/competition schedule and waived requirements like PE class (she trained 4-5 hours a day) let her meet fine arts requirements by taking a course at a local junior college in the summer.
You might also ask your question in the music forum. Many music students do on-line high schooling and then on to Juilliard, Indiana, and other places that would also have elite/competitive admission dance programs. Perhaps some parent can suggest an on-line program they successfully used.
Another option would be to find out if there’s a professional children’s school, arts magnet school or individual tutoring available through your school district. Often, in areas where this is not out of the norm, the districts will assist with helping you figure out how to combine school and dance.
What state are you in?
In California, we have a few online options that are pretty good, including the Stanford Online High School.
Since what you’re describing would come under the same aegis as homeschooling, you might find info
in your area from other parents who’s kids have opted out of traditional high school.
BTW, congrats to your daughter.
You should recognize however, that as an elite dancer, she may feel pressured to postpone college for a few years to focus on the best years of her dance career. A student is so vulnerable at this juncture and the most successful (as people, not as dancers) are those who are well supported.
Check out the Dominican College/Line Dance Theater program in San Rafael, CA. They offer a dance BA and a completion program for pro dancers.