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I know, I know, I will at some point call the potential school and ask them what they want...

But in the mean time, I'll ask you guys.

I was in the public system for 9th and 3/4 of 10th grade, and then started homeschooling. For the rest of 10th grade, I was homeschooled through an academy that offered transcripts. But, for 11th I was homeschooled 100% on my own, as will be the case in 12th grade, and I will not have a transcript or diploma.

I'm applying to a very unselective school: Welcome to Adams State College , and this is the only school that I plan on applying to. I'm basically guaranteed admission (3.9 public school GPA, 28 act--average incoming is 3.0 and 19).


Any ideas on what I should include in this profile? Just a list of classes and texts used? All lesson plans (would take up no more than 20 pages)? (unrequired) admissions essay? A sample of my work?


Thanks

'rentof2

I would just compose a transcript (I'm a parent and I did this for my homeschooled son) that includes all your course work for 9th-12th grade -- including that done in school, through the academy, and independently. You should have the high school submit an official transcript directly for whatever course work was done there, and have the academy do likewise. These are just to verify what you put on your own cumulative transcript.

In addition to the transcript, for the work you did independently, write up a short description including topics covered and texts or other material used. Some colleges will want you to assign a grade to those subjects, but you can check with Adams State about that. The course descriptions should be no more than a paragraph, except for lit courses or the like which may have had a longer reading list.

(For 12th grade you'll tell them your course work that is underway or planned. Provide a short description of that too, and texts, etc.)

I would not send a portfolio of work samples unless the college specifically asks for it. So hang onto your work samples until you get accepted, but I don't imagine you'll need to submit anything like that given that your test scores and grades are strong. The college my son is going to asks for a writing sample from homeschoolers (one short and one somewhat longer academic paper), but that's not typical.

anotherparent

I agree with 'rentof2. We hs independently, and I made his transcript. He got into Caltech and MIT with it.

huguenot

We did the same thing - we homeschool independently. I looked around on the internet for some examples (if you are an HSLDA member, they have some in their high school section) and opened up Word and made our own. DS had great results from it - lots of merit aid. Some schools may ask for more, like SAT IIs or something, but colleges are getting used to homeschool transcripts. Google homeschool transcript and you'll find lots of advice.

MuseMom

Here is a link to an example of a homeschool transcript used by Mary Baldwin College:

http://www.mbc.edu/docs/adm_docs/hmschl_trnscpt.pdf

I am using this as a model for my daughter's transcript, including only what is relevant to her experience. (Not applying to MBC.)