Would this lower my chances of getting into a good college.?

Question

I want to be home schooled and probably will, but idk how that would effect the chances of me getting into a good college. i was thinking maybe i could get home schooled next year [8th grade]. And then if i dont like it i could go back and finish my highschool years...the reason i want to do this is because freshmans are new to highschool and i owuldn't want to be a sophmore and not know what it's like to be in high school.

What do you think about this, and would this lower my chances of getting into a good college? I dont wanna go to harvard but if i did really well would they let me in?

Answer 1

Most Ivy League schools actually prefer home and private school students over public schoolers as they have a tendency to be better motivated, harder working students.

Unfortunately, near-sighted discrimination does occur in most colleges though. Yes, it is true that the purveyors of a "Liberal" education are so narrow-minded that they would prevent a student from attending their (relative to the rest of the world) inadequate facility simply because that person did not graduate from an even more ineffective school system.

Answer 2

I'm far from an expert, but I would have to say that yes it would lower your ability to get into a good college.  They may make you go to a community college and see what grades you pull there before allowing entry into their university.  

Since all you would have as a transcript to apply would be your SAT scores they may require a bit more.  I would think at best, they would accept you but start you on a type of probation to see what you can do.

Answer 3

homeschooling does not do anything to your chances of getting into a good college my sister was home schooled k-12 and is know a sophomore and has a GPA of 4.0

Answer 4

It might actually help your chances of getting into a highly selective college.

Homeschoolers now have a college track record and it is very good.

All the Ivy League schools accept homeschoolers - including Harvard.

Harvard even has a distance learning program for homeschoolers so that you can earn an AA while in high school from Harvard - you do have to spend 1 semester on campus.

Answer 5

Homeschooling all the way through high school will only lower your chances of getting into a good college if you don't take your studies seriously--same as if you were in public school. If you take your studies seriously, the advantage of homeschooling over public school would be that you would finish your work faster, would have more time to go volunteer, work, and participate in activities (all of which you can add to your college application and resume).

If you homeschool for just gr. 8, it won't affect your chances of getting into a good college at all. If you don't take your studies seriously, it will affect your high school years, though.

Answer 6

Nope -- it sure wouldn't lower your chances.  Most colleges are excited about accepting homeschooled students.  You just need to keep a great transcript and start talking to admissions officers in your sophomore year but that's true even if you were in public school.  Doing more research early will benefit you no matter what.  

Also, may I suggest that if you want to be a photographer that you don't need to attend (and spend the money on) a 4-year college?  You can take business classes at a local community college so that you know how to run that side of your photography business and you can take photography classes there, too.  You are interested in a field that requires more hands-on time than class time and that's awesome!  Maybe you could look at getting an apprenticeship with a photo studio or independent photographer so you can learn even more.  I think that would fit really well with being homeschooled since you would have a more flexible schedule.

Answer 7

Despite what Justin T seems to think, homeschoolers do have a better chance of getting into a selective college (depending on credits, of course). One thing you must note, however, is that you must keep very good tracks of your grades. Also, keep in mind that to get in a selective college, you still must do extra credit classes such as photography (which you said you liked) and also, P. E..

Extra credit classes are also good for making friends, if you can do it with a co-op. I have an aunt and uncle who have 9 kids who are all homeschooled, and one of their kids has graduated with a major in english and minor in music. The second oldest has started his first year and is doing great.

If you are interested in an english or literature class, my cousin (she is the one who has recently graduated with a major in english) teaches eight online courses, and you may contact me for the website (as I don't want to give it out to too many people.) I am currently taking Effective Writing II with her and Ancient Lit., and they are both very enlightening and look good on the resume.

Though I can't compare/contrast public school to homeschool, as I've been homeschooled all my life, I can tell you that the homeschooling life is alot of fun and not as objectively structured as the public school system. You can change your schedule, go on field trips to the museum, and excel at your own pace. It's great.

Hope I didn't sound like an ad or anything... LOL

- ^. ^ Ali (9th grade, homeschooled)

P. S. Just to let you know, sport clubs are pretty easy to find. You can also take horseback lessons at barns, which I am really enjoying. :-D. Hope I helped!

Answer 8

The only college I've really looked into their admissions is Virginia and they claim that homeschooled kids have the same standards but I don't know how true that is. I think part of it depends on the admissions officer you get because for the really really good school they get so many near perfect apps that it almost becomes a subjective kind of thing.

Answer 9

Many colleges actively recurit homeschoolers.

Homeschoolers are pick from a separate list from brick schoolers.

If a given college picks 8 out of 2,000 brick applicants and 2 out of 15 homeschool applicants your odds are better!

Answer 10

I graduated from an Ivy League school in '04 and I knew several homeschoolers. In fact, I met many people from non-traditional educational backgrounds.

My brother is currently in an excellent private college, and one of his best friend's is a homeschooler. Actually, she is the one who really got me interested in homeschooling because she had been dramatically behind in reading. Not in anything else, mind you, she could understand a high school- and college-level discussions of Greek history...as long as someone read them to her. Had her mother not pulled her out of school, she would have been placed in special ed. and probably never gotten out. Certainly she wouldn't have had the stimulation she needed to be at the level needed to attend college.

Answer 11

http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/olde...

this site has lots of information you can use to help you.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/homeschool...

also try this group it is full of people who homeschool their children through high school and then send them off to colleges and the steps you may need to make sure you can get in to one