| Homeschool Chances
I am a female, caucasian homeschooler who is applying to Amherst. Do I have a chance as a home-schooled student?
*High School: Homeschooled. All academic courses are taken online through The Potter’s School, a college-preparatory distance learning program. I log in to a virtual classroom once weekly for each class, interacting with incredibly talented students from all over the world. The website provides detailed information at The Potter's School
*Test Scores: SAT-2150 (Retaking and hoping to top 2200), ACT-31, SAT US History-780, SAT English Lit-760, AP US History-5, AP US World-4 (All self taught no history classes available)
*GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, in the most rigorous courses offered. No class rank available.
*Extracurricular Activities
• Happy Day Cards (Founder and president). I created Happy Day Cards, an organization to craft and collect handmade greeting cards, mailing them to soldiers in combat and those recuperating in hospitals such as Walter Reed in Washington D.C. Using my graphic art skills, I designed a company logo and enlisted a fellow Potter's School student to help create a website. I have hosted card parties with retirement home residents, Boy Scout troops, and Sunday School Classes. A global card drive, enrolling digital artists from around the world to contribute card designs is also currently underway. Website: default.aspx
• Classical ballet (since age three, serious study since age ten). For the previous three summers I was one of 200 dancers chosen from over 2000, to study with Pacific Northwest and San Francisco Ballet (considered to be two of the top three programs in the nation). Currently Level 7A of 7- three classes a day, five to six days a week. Past two years performed the lead role as Clara in the Company’s Nutcracker. There were 17 performances, with an average audience of 1000.
• Church Children’s Ministry for 7 years. (Now teaching my own 2 year old class which includes coming up with lesson plan and controlling 12 screaming toddlers for 3.5 hours)
• Photography and digital art. I currently am "fluent" in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign and have finished countless textbook on the subjects. I spent the summer at California College of the arts, in their graphic design program and have a pretty good portfolio. I recently designed a Fetal Alchohol Poisining Awareness poster and had it displayed throughout the community.
*Jobs
• I design and create custom ballet wear, selling them to fellow dancers. Ten percent of my profits support Happy Day Cards. The remainder funded a summer trip to France, where I explored art and architecture in conjunction with an online photography course.
*Honors
• Jericho International Honor Society. Unlike other honor societies that use only grades and scores as the primary basis for membership, recognition in the Jericho International Honor Society is based primarily on participation in service and ministry. However, a 3.0 GPA is required.
• Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
• One of 12 out of 500 to win a 2008 scholarship for the graphic design program at CCA.
• My history papers have been published on hyperhistory.net, a website designed as a resource for high school World History students. I am currently working on a collaborative project two other Potter’s School students, one in Ulan-Ude Russia and one in Hawaii.
*Notes
• I live in a rural, mountain community and will be the first member of my family to attend college (my parents attended community college) and the first grandchild to graduate from high school.
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