<p>I am homeschooled (or Virtual Schooled) and looking at top schools. I would like to hear from some other homeschoolers who got accepted to top 15 schools or who are plannimg to apply there.</p>
<p>Thanks for all your feedback in advance...</p>
<p>Anyone???...</p>
<p>I am going to one of the Ivy's (i would prefer not to say..mainly b/c i am very private) but i got a REALLY god feedback from all the ivy's and other tops schools (i applied to the top 15 colleges my backup college was BC..if that says something...and no i dont live in MA):)</p>
<p>good luck!! go to as much interviews as possibles its a really good way to show that you a personal mature human being</p>
<p>Oh... well... I was formerly homeschooled but not in high school (not officially--I was a full-time public school student, though I homeschooled during the summer [not for credit or anything]). I'm going to Stanford. </p>
<p>I feel like such a poser... I wish I were still homeschooled... <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>What would you like to know?</p>
<p>Also, if you did a bit of snooping you could probably find some homeschoolers very easily. Search the Official Class of 2011 decision threads for various colleges and you should come up with some hits.</p>
<p>My son was homeschooled all his life, but did attend high school part-time, doing the rest at home. He graduated from Stanford.</p>
<p>My son homeschooled since 5th grade. His senior year he took one class at a community college – the rest he did on his own and with friends and teachers in our homeschool community. He recently graduated from Oberlin College with highest honors in history.</p>
<p>You will hear these stories. But the way I see it, homeschoolers come in all levels of academic achievement and motivation. It certainly need not be a stumbling block.</p>
<p>My dd did NOT get into a "top 15" school. However, she did get into a "Top 20" school on a full-tuition scholarship! </p>
<p>We were delighted -- she did apply to a few schools that just didn't seem to "get" her homeschooling experiences.</p>
<p>cockatiel,
Can you elaborate? Which schools? And how did she present her coursework/application? Just looking for suggestions.</p>
<p>She is going to W&L. She sent in a transcript, a 9-page document describing all her courses, a 3-page document describing all her activites, and then a school profile written by my husband and me. She did not submit a reading list since none of the schools she applied to seemed to want one.</p>
<p>Her college application experience was pretty positive. The only REAL negative was her interview with an older alum for a college she did not get into. The alum right off stated that she couldn't ask any of her usual questions because my dd did not attend school. My dd should have seized the opportunity and talked about similarities and differences/advantages of homeschooling, but she didn't. :-/ Oh well.</p>
<p>Dd is incredibly psyched about W&L, so we are pleased.</p>
<p>Just curious, what did your school profile say since you already outlined the courses and activities?</p>
<p>Our school profile talked about how we approached the high school curriculum -- talking about how classes done at home were handled, giving teacher qualifications for online classes, giving more background as to why certain classes were done at a cc or whatever.</p>
<p>We do not list any courses as "honors" courses, so we also talk about why none of the classes are honors but how they did prepare dd for AP and college-level classes.</p>
<p>We included some other random stuff, like my dh's and my background, and the (hopefully obvious) fact that we attempted to privde a college-prep curriculum.</p>
<p>Etc., etc., etc.</p>
<p>I hope this helps.</p>
<p>beachbunny just out of curiosity what are your stats? how did you present yourself and what did you do? i'm going into 10th grade and i'm homeschooled so it would be really helpful.</p>
<p>masrith---i dont want to state my stats b/c honestly that is just to public for me....but i do want to help you out so if you have any further questions and/or clarifications just pm me.
umm i have taken college courses at a local state school since i was in 10 grade. i didnt write a several page description of my homeschool classes. them most i did was 3-4 lines on my transcript naming the curriculum another stating which were college courses and the others were AP. i had some great recs from some ppl who really knew me well (one was from a harvard prof. who i took a class with at harvard ssp and really like me b/c i enjoyed interacting in a classroom setting....so make sure you get a rec saying you have no problem providing to a classroom discusion) i didnt have my parents do any of the two teacher recs nor the counselor rec. i had a a teacher do one and then my math/guidance counselor do both a teacher rec and a counselor's report but for the counselors report instead of just putting in the same letter she wrote for the teacher rec she put in a letter another person who wrote a rec for me) and i have shown leadership in various groups and clubs and have done numerous volunteering (community service) that i didnt just say "did this many hours" i actually showed them my interest in what i was volunteering for...</p>
<p>and other ppl please dont comment on my writing/grammar in my above post b/c honestly i am writing anonymously on a site where doing so wont benefit myself. but i do it b/c i want to help others(especially fellow homeschoolers!!!) and having some of you write regarding my writing and blah-blah just discourages me to leave a comment...(i feel bad leaving this message but last time i posted i had like 3-4 ppl comment on not what i said (which honestly they couldnt argue against) but on my writing skill which rest assured is great....except when i am posting online which takes enough time as is)</p>
<p>Over time it is possible to develop the habit of writing in the expected public manner of educated people even online. To be sure, it takes practice to write that way as a matter of second nature.</p>
<p>wow!!!! tokenadult even after i asked.......oh well i guess i have better things to do with my time. others: pm if you have any questions that i can help you with</p>
<p>beachbunny, thanks for taking the time to be helpful to others. </p>
<p>I saw your previous post and was disappointed with people taking you to task for what I saw as stream-of-consciousness writing. In reading tokenadult's post, I think he/she is actually trying to make a helpful comment rather than a criticism. Here's what I think tokenadult was trying to say (correct me if I am wrong): If you to use some of the same discipline when you write online that you use for school writing, better writing would become a matter of habit and make all of your writing easier and probably better. So, in this case, I don't think you are getting flamed here for your writing. In general, it is disappointing to see other posters, who often don't have much to contribute from the standpoint of substance (and here I am not referring to tokenadult), harshly criticize people who are trying to share their experience and be helpful to others.</p>
<p>That is a correct reading of my last post in this thread. Habit formation makes better performance less time-consuming.</p>
<p>wow beachbunny talk about taking things too seriously, no wonder so many people stereotype home schoolers</p>