Chances of Getting In As a Homeschooler

Chance Me / Match Me
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I’m currently a homeschool student from the United States who has been living in Beijing for the past seven years, and I wanted to find out what my chances would be for getting into University of Houston, Drexel, and University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

I haven’t taken the SATs yet, but I plan to in October. I’d say I’m looking at a score of around 1700, so nothing terrific. I’m also taking AP Chinese and AP Computer Science in May. Chinese I’ll have no problem getting a 5 on. However, I’m a little worried about computer science. I’m also planning on taking the SAT Math 1 subject test.

I’ve been playing violin classically for 15 years, and have been playing Irish fiddle for the past 10 or so years. I used to play here in Beijing with an international chamber orchestra. I speak Chinese fluently, and have been learning Arabic for the past three years. I also took a college level summer course in Arabic at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2014.

I’ve volunteered at a camp for children with Selective Mutism (fear of talking), which is also something I myself overcame. The problem is, aside from those AP and SAT grades, I don’t really have much in the way of grades to show for what I’ve been doing over the past few years. Do I have ANY chance at getting into any of these schools? I want to study Hospitality Management/Hotel Management.

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Of course you do, but really people here can’t be of that much help at this stage. Get some actual standardized test scores, and organize your ECs so that they line up.

Be getting your transcript ready: even homeschooled students have to provide what courses or subjects they have studied, how long and what was studied and some form of assessment.

I’m guessing you have reasons for applying to each of these universities?

Also, CC question #1: have you looked at costs? UHouston is about $31Kpa, UNLV about $35Kpa, and Drexel a whopping $70Kpa.

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Your story has a great international flair. I think you will have good success. Note that the old 2400 point SAT will no longer be given, so the time you take it, the maximum score is 1600.

Basically as a homeschooler, your SAT/ACT score means a lot more. Just try to prepare as much as you can for them.