Any other homeschoolers?

timely
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:36:49 +0000

John,
Homeschooled applicants probably do tend to be bit weak on the competitive sports. Our son did year-round swimming on a USA team, and it was a huge time commitment (5 nights a week of 1 1/2 hour practices). He was nominated but did not receive an appointment, but his ALO didn’t seem to think his athletics were a problem.

I think I’d stick with the things you have planned and be sure to document how many of those runs he does. Also, if he is able to compete in Karate and win some competitions, that would look good.

Your son is already doing a lot, and it might be overload to put him on a competitive team.

To offset that a bit, it would be good for him to get a really high SAT score. Our son took an SAT prep course which was not cheap, but which raised his score almost 200 points.