Homeschooled and not prepared for college?

Question

I am wondering if you were home schooled, were you prepared for college?

Answer 1

I myself have not attended college but my older sister and brother started taking on-line and sometimes even going to our local college to take classes when they we're about 14 (or for my brother 15). So the answer is yes they were prepared for college.

Answer 2

I hear through the grapevine that most colleges will take a homeschooled kid over a regular schooled person. They think that they are better behaved. I don't know if it's true or not. But it sounds good.

Answer 3

The typical homeschooler who is motivated and supervised and working with good materials is college ready between 16 and 17 years of age.

The failure rate at homeschool is about 20% 30% tops

The failure rate at public schools varies from 40 to 70%

The failure rate at private schools is about 30-40%

Homeschoolers, by and large, are beating out Catholic School, Prep School and Montessori School kids by at least a grade.

According to university studies Homeschoolers have a 30%+ top of their class average while private schoolers is 20% and Public Schoolers are 10%

Were talking the ability to take the SAT, ACT, Regents or Stanford test and place higher than stanine.

I was unschooled, homeschooled part time, public schooled, private schoole and parochial schooled.

Unschooling was my best saviour, along with the bascis of Reading, Writing and Arithmetic which I got from all three, Public, Private and PArachial.

Answer 4

Of course it all depends on how you homeschool, but it is a proven fact that school such as Harvard, Stanford and such actually have a higher acceptance rates for homeschoolers over public schoolers.  Homeschoolers are generally (not always) more motivated when it comes to academics. They are very self driven and generally (not always) farther academically.

Answer 5

My son is at college right now or he could answer you directly.

The format of the math texts at college took a bit of time to get used to. His high school texts (he went all the way up through advanced mathematic) used a different notation system. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, it just felt foreign for a little while. That isn't so much a homeschool problem as much as it was just a different way of going about the same thing. He is in his sophomore year right now and has been on the Chancellor's Honor Roll every semester so far. He also won a full scholarship. He found it pretty easy to adjust to his mix of online and face-to-face classes. He not only is finding it possible to juggle his full course-load, but he also works in the college comtech department for the job experience he can put on his resume. He also is leading the efforts to begin a campus Tech Club in which members will donate labor and expertise to community non-profits, schools, and government agencies.

Maybe that is more information than you need,  but college is more than academics. It also about juggling a full schedule, preparing for job interviews, leadership, teamwork, and finding the time to reach out to the pupulation of the campus and community. I think his howmeschooling experience is a big part of his interest and drive to grow in all those areas, not just the grades.

Answer 6

I was homeschooled from 1984-1990. While homeschooled I took classes at the local community college to fill the gaps I missed at home: lab sciences, languages. That really helped, although back then folks were pretty shocked to see a 12 -year-old in their Chemistry class. Now it's a lot more commonplace. When I transferred those credits to a four-year college, I did very well and graduated early, at 18. I would say the only real challenge was my age and not homeschooling, as I was unsure which major I wanted to pursue and kind of picked randomly. But the homeschooling aspect, if anything, prepared me better for college life, as I was well-versed in studying and actually learning (not just memorizing data) and lacking all those weird ideas about my peers and about my self-worth that public high school can sometimes give teens. I made lifelong friends in college and really enjoyed getting to be somewhat on my own and learn everything I could academically. Just go in with your mind and heart open to new experiences and you'll be just fine.

Answer 7

My son graduated the year before last at an on line charter school , home based and now attends the University of Dayton and also got scholarships. I think it really depends on what classes you take in HS no matter what school you attend. There are classes that are target based for a diploma only and then there are ones that are based for a student to move onto college.  Alot of community colleges have developmental classes that can also get you where you need to be if you find yourself not prepared.

Answer 8

Preparation for college as a public schooler or as a homeschooler includes taking the right classes, i.e., lab sciences, higher math (such as Algebra, Geometry, Trig, Calculus, etc.), foreign language (3 or 4 years); English (4 years), etc.  Most public schools have what is known as a college prep curriculum (for those who want to attend college) and a career/vocational curriculum for those who might want to find work right after high school.

Begin thinking about which college you might want to attend and do some research.  Then you will know the high school classes they require for admission.  As a homeschooler, you can take some of those classes, like lab sciences, at a local community college.

I hope this is helpful.