Thinking of homeschooling and need help...any advice for me?

Question

im 16 years old teenager who is thinking about homeschooling due to my current health situation. Im trying to go to university in canada/america. Both my parents cant speak english, so basically im on my own, i think i have to do math, english, chemistry and biology with a little help from tutors.(plus, i dont think i can find any science teacher with fluent english, so that is annoying).

I have number of questions and ill be greatful if you can help me with my problems.(you dont have to answer all)

1, How do you stop yourself from becoming lazy?

2. About how long do you have to study each subjects?

3 Can i go to decent american university with only SAT scores?

4. If you have a good online guide for my subjects(math eng chem bio etc) let me know please ;)

5. what are the advantages of homeschooling? and disadvantages?

6. Are there good text books?

7. Can you share some of your experiences on homeschooling?(anything)

Thanks for helping and have a GREAT DAY!!!

Answer 1

Hey, I was homeschooled and commend you for trying to do it on your own, I loved it and plan on homeschooling my own kids someday.  1st thing is that it's not super easy, just like anything else, it wont do it for you.  The laziness thing really depends how bad you want it.  Its easier if you set some goals for yourself, and if you really want to reach those goals, you'll work harder for them than if you didn't set those goals.  

Colleges love homeschoolers, mainly because we know how to organize and motivate ourselves.  I would recommend taking the SAT test or ACT test, and most colleges will want to see a high school transcript (really easy to make in Word, just list everything).  Also, the best thing you can do if available to you is find a local community college and see if they have a dual credit program.  It's usually free for at least a couple of classes per semester and you can get high school classes and basic college classes at the same time.  Also, if you go into a university as a transfer student, practically every admission requirement is different in a majorly easy way.   With transferring into a university, they mostly just care about your gpa from the community college, that's the biggest thing they look at.

Good luck!!!

Answer 2

All I can tell you is that I hate it....

You may love it!

But I don't suggest it to you though....

The only Pros I can tell you is that: You get to do work pretty much on your own time....Possibly get a better eduacation....Hmmm? That's it, lol....

Cons: Not as many friends....Almost no social life (According to other homeschoolers, I'm rare, lol....Aparently all homeschoolers have lots of friends! Great social life....I woke up one day and realized I had no one! I was very naive....) You lose people skills....You lose day to day everyday life things....

Seriously dude....I can go on forever about the cons....

You may love it though! Some people do!

I don't....

All my best with your situation....

=)