Did you mean" doable"?
Those are for international students (ie., not UK). They organize sessions in the US. Florida has the whole AICE program in their public schools. Look at the sample papers, starting with the ones I posted as I think they’re probably appropriate but in any case, move to all others, select 3 subjects you like and can do, contact Cambridge CIE to see where the closest November exam center is, and get to work. And apply to college with these results. Even NYU accepts them instead of standardized testing and 3 A-Level (+ 1 AS) would suffice for all colleges in the US, including the Ivy League.
For the record, the least conventional “traditional/elite” colleges would be Brown, Vassar, Skidmore, Oberlin?
Also look at College of The Atlantic, Earlham, Reed, UNC Asheville, Connecticut College? I already cited Warren Wilson I think.
@TomSrOfBoston actually, now that I look back at it, I mean to say that it isn’t applicable, as I am in the states and wish to study, in the states.
@MYOS1634 oh my mistake, I will look into that as it sounds much more appetizing. I actually love that idea, reminds me of Bards Essay option. And yes, those are a few of the non conventional schools, Brown would be amazing - I consider it a higher octane bard. Thank you so much!
get to it now so you can call first thing tomorrow morning. Then you’ll have a bit over three months to cover two years’ worth of specialized content (hopefully 2/3 of it will be review).
1° will your parents support the idea (of big essay tests)? Will they help if you have to drive far?
2° what are you doing during your “gap year”?
3° are your parents ok with your going to college?
4° have they got money saved for you? do they have a budget, geographical parameters…?
@EThomeschool You attend college for a reason. At the end you will have a piece of paper. What is your goal with that piece of paper? You don’t need to go away to college to educate yourself. You’re homeschooled. You know that there are many ways to learn. You are entering the game. Why? Where are you going? If you decided to be part of the game, taking tests as required and many other things will be asked. Perhaps this is your last stand on principle but I think it may be in vain in the long view.
I don’t know about your politics but a place like Hillsdale tries to maintain independence and might respect your attempt to do the same.
I couldn’t find too many lists here. This one is old but does list a bunch of schools with out-of-the-box education. You’ll have to figure out if the admissions process is also alternative enough for you.
Is your homeschool transcript just grades and numbers? If that is all you have for your application, most schools are going to require more numbers - the standardized test scores. My daughter went to (but did not graduate from) an expeditionary learning school. No grades, but each student produced a portfolio of work each year. Some schools were more interested in these portfolios than in gpa’s (since there weren’t any) and standardized test score. All students had at least an ACT score since that test is taken by all 11th graders as a NCLB exam.
There are other ways to get into private schools than standardized tests, but you have to do the legwork, you have to find who wants you. The easy way is to take the test. And you’ll have to find how to pay for it since some schools award their merit money based on test scores.
There is a homeschool forum on this site where you might ask questions. Did you take any outside courses such as dual enrollment or community college? Or other courses through providers outside the home? Any AP level courses, even if you didn’t take the corresponding exams?
We’re a homeschool family. Our youngest is dyslexic and we looked for test optional
schools for her just in case we wanted to go with that option. In most cases, test optional meant “unless you homeschool.” Even Bard says they evaluate homeschoolers differently. You may want to contact them to be sure the SAT/ACT tests are optional.
In terms of Bates, on the page for homeschooled applicants, it doesn’t mention requiring standardized tests, although other requirements are listed - obviously, I would contact the school to be certain, but here’s the page in question http://www.bates.edu/admission/home-schooled-students/
And of course,for Bard, if you take the Bard Entrance Exam route, then no testing is required http://www.bard.edu/admission/bardexam/
Finally, I think that what some of the posters here are suggesting is that when you have interviews, be careful that you don’t come across as too inflexible or superior. Accept the possibility that your views are not necessarily correct or better and be aware of the fact that your education might not have been better than what is available in public or private schools, just different.