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04-18-2008, 02:53 PM
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| Homeschooled Teen Gets into Top Ivies, etc.
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04-18-2008, 03:01 PM
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| I don't necessarily equate homeschooling with being intellectually deprived. Some parents homeschool for purely religious reasons, which may frequently be limiting. But homeschooling to go at a faster pace than the median kid in the public school classroom is a pretty viable option. | |
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04-18-2008, 03:25 PM
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| This article features one of CC's own. Both she and her mom have posted here. She seems like an amazing young woman. | |
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04-18-2008, 03:32 PM
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| That's so cool! ^^^^
Congrats, whoever you are! | |
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04-18-2008, 03:40 PM
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| this doesn't impress me at all...its nice...but seems some $$ was also involved in this education, her opportunites
maybe nice and all that, but worthy of a newspaper article?
not so much- she had lots of breaks, etc | |
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04-18-2008, 03:48 PM
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| ^^Most parents with oodles of $$ choose to spend it in other ways.
Homeschooling of gifted kids is a big time and money commitment. It has to be the top priority for the whole family. | |
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04-18-2008, 03:50 PM
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| So.............Why is this news?
The two people I know who went to Harvard were homeschooled. One got into Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Middlebury, UC-Berkeley(with a large scholarship), and Stanford. Haven't there been many studies saying homeschooling works better on average? | |
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04-18-2008, 03:50 PM
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| Congratulations, Chelsea and Cindi! | |
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04-18-2008, 03:53 PM
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| Congratulations to this family, which I think is a CC member family. | |
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04-18-2008, 03:54 PM
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| cgm: Yes, it would appear that this student had the advantage of abundant financial resources to support her education, interests, and activities. But she sure took full advantage of those resources! Harp, Shakespeare, French, and she plans to major in neuroscience. She sounds like an extraordinary young woman. | |
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04-18-2008, 03:57 PM
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| Now, by my post I don't mean to take away from the accomplishments of the Chelsea(WOW!), but only as a reminder that getting in from any other situation would probably be a bigger surprise than from home-schooling. | |
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04-18-2008, 04:01 PM
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| She sounds like a remarkable young woman. Congratulations! | |
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04-18-2008, 04:10 PM
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| Thanks for linking to this article...it's an inspiring story and she sounds like an amazing student. | |
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04-18-2008, 04:10 PM
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| I thought it was a sweet article!
Best to you, Chelsea!
PS...my son is "gifted" and we homeschooled for three years. We eventually enrolled him in the local public schools. He was accepted at all the schools he applied at, including Stanford.
PSS...the harp is a lovely instrument (I just started lessons!) | |
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04-18-2008, 04:16 PM
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| She sounds like the real thing - an intellectual, a 'renaissance' woman. Good for her parents to recognize her gifts early -- and being able to fully develop them. | |
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