<p>I'm a homeschooler planning to apply to colleges such as MIT, WUSTL, UChicago, and so on. However, the tutorial I attend teaches science from a Christian perspective. I have been told that these curriculums (e.g. Apologia) are not taken seriously by colleges.</p>
<p>However, I am supplementing these courses with external resources. For example, I'm self-studying for the USABO, USNCO (perhaps), etc., and I will definitely take the AP Biology exam, SAT II Bio M, and probably the SAT II Chemistry and possibly the AP Chemistry exam. I'll be taking a college-level (secular) physics course in 12th grade, and I am also supplementing my chemistry knowledge with an MIT OCW Scholar course. However, I need the tutorial classes for lab credits.</p>
<p>Outside of science, I have high SAT/ACT scores and I am currently taking high-level math courses. (Multivariable calculus, Linear algebra, WOOT, etc.). Also, I am attending Ross Mathematics Program this year, and I'll apply to RSI, HSHSP, SSP, and a few other programs next year if I don't make USABO camp or MOSP.</p>
<p>Do you think the Christian science classes will harm me, or have I supplemented it sufficiently?</p>
<p>It would be hilarious if you score well on the AP and SAT II for a subject and someone doesn’t find you credible because of the curriculum you used.</p>
<p>^
People on here are always saying colleges don’t care about self-studied APs. I don’t see why this would be any different.</p>
<p>Are these courses…accredited? Does “science from a Christan perspective” mean “real science with Bible verses thrown in” or “not actually science”? Is there any way you could take science some other way?</p>
<p>Well, it’s “real science” from the perspective that we learned about cellular respiration, organic chemistry, etc., but the tutorial did not teach evolution (which had a minor impact on the biology class, and was merely appended to chemistry). However, I have learned plenty about this from my self-studying for USABO.</p>
<p>It’s so cute xD I would love to take a class like that. Interesting.</p>
<p>I can’t see why it would matter if you do well on the SAT subject tests and/or AP exams. Other homeschoolers benefit from such independent verification regardless of what courses they take.</p>
<p>I doubt it if you do we’ll on our APs.</p>
<p>Good for you for taking the initiative to supplement your homeschool education with other perspectives. That alone should make you an interesting and desirable candidate for many colleges. Keep us posted on how it goes next year.</p>
<p>Echoing others, I doubt having a “Christian science” (whatever that is) curriculum will hurt you if you score well on the CB’s standardized tests. If the only difference between your curriculum and a standard, secular curriculum is the omission of evolution, then your outside studying should cover that just fine. If, however, the class is something like this:</p>
<p>[Radical</a> Fundamentalist Christian Home-Schooling - YouTube](<a href=“Radical Fundamentalist Christian Home-Schooling - YouTube”>Radical Fundamentalist Christian Home-Schooling - YouTube)</p>
<p>Then your education is seriously being hindered.</p>
<p>to be honest, the idea of Christian science classes scares me a bit…
but I don’t think they should hurt you. if you manage to do well in your other science courses and on the collegeboard tests, it shouldn’t really matter what other classes you took. your scores will show that you do have a good grasp of the material and that’s all colleges need to know</p>
<p>Why did you post this on the HSL forum?!!?!?! There is a homeschooling forum right above it. Join us.</p>
<p>btw, If your doing Apologia- The Biology is great but evolution is terrible. The Chemistry is actually well received in secular communities and has been used wholly as a AP Chem book. The Physics is known for being a good book. </p>
<p>If its BJU on the other hand…</p>
<p>SWITCH</p>
<p>Yo Stud. Nowadays, most people homeschooler because:
- The local schools SUCK (is a average ACT of 19 for the top 10% of a school what you want)
- Liberty (lots of intellectual libertarians homeschool…(the unintellectual ones don’t have kids)
- Personal Reasons (i.e. Bullying, Disease etc)
- Religion (and lack of, Many Secular homeschoolers, I see fewer and fewer fundies and more and more Catholic/Muslim/agnostic homeschoolers)
- The ability to adapt (Saxon math which is what many schools down here use teaches math in the spiral based method rather than a mastery program. I can rarely learn math doing that so the ability to do math through a mastery program is more benefical to me.</p>
<p>Though, Most homeschoolers stay away from those Fundies.</p>
<p>OP,</p>
<p>No, Apologia will not hurt you. My son is at MIT and was a Christian homeschooler. He listed materials like this <a href=“https://store.str.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CD164[/url]”>https://store.str.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CD164</a> and this [Answering</a> the Challenge of Evolution](<a href=“http://store.str.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CD250]Answering”>http://store.str.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=CD250) on his transcripts in the course description section.</p>
<p>He did Apologia in 7th but jumped to college physics in 8th and did all of his physics at the community college and local uni (he took 5-6 physics courses in high school). He did biology and chemistry with a Christian teacher in 8th and 9th grade. He’s a strong Christian who believes in the inerrancy of the bible.</p>
<p>It didn’t hurt him a bit in college admissions. He got into all his colleges including Princeton, WUSTL, Penn, Caltech, Mudd, and MIT. He’s currently doing biophysics research at MIT and just finished his freshman year there.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine.</p>