<p>I’ve known some homeschoolers who never took standardized tests. That certainly limited their college choices. I insist that my homeschooled kids take the tests.</p>
<p>Why not just take them?
The student could be offered scholarships based on high test scores. If the student has no grades/curriculum, then test scores are the only objective way the school has to compare this applicant to other applicants. Unless the applicant is rich/famous/has dozens of patents/Olympic medal/Nobel Prize or some other hook that will make any college want him/her, I think it is unwise
not to take the tests. </p>
<p>Small, less selective colleges may be more likely to make an exception, but big schools that require test scores–I doubt it. The “highly prestigious” schools that interest this student have plenty of other qualified applicants to choose from. I’m not sure that an applicant who can’t/won’t “follow the rules” or expects exceptions to be made for him/her is going to be very attractive to a college. “I really want to go to your college, and I refuse to take the test you require for admission…but I’m so great I’m sure you’ll let me in anyway.” It just doesn’t seem like a good strategy to me.</p>
<p>Drusba is right–no one will look at the file until it is complete.</p>