<p>My kids, both in college now, were homeschooled from the beginnnig. However, once they reached high school age they took classes in a variety of settings; the nearby state univ, community college, a few classes at the high school, small group tutorials with a private teacher, distance learning, and of course the independent/home-based studying they did.</p>
<p>I understand your concern about the appearance of leaving his current school, and how that may be interpreted by someone looking at his transcript. But if it isn’t working for him there, and you and he feel pretty certain that it’s not going to improve, then you’re better off getting out sooner rather than later. I think the thing you’d want his homeschool transcript to show from here out is his deeper, more self-directed engagement with what it is he’s studying. That might involve selected college or community college classes, it might be field work, it might be a kind of internship, it might be any number of creative things. What form it takes will likely be determined by the subject matter itself.</p>
<p>Look to see what sort of things the colleges he’s interested in expect in terms of college prep; math, science, English, social science, foreign language. Try to meet those things, but being creative in how you do it, and giving special focus to those areas he is most excited about.</p>
<p>Some colleges look a bit more to test scores for homeschoolers, so make sure he prepares well for those. Check to see what the testing requirements are. Most colleges want the SAT or ACT, but some also want 2 (sometimes more) SAT Subject Tests.</p>
<p>The way you combat that possible concern as to why he left school, is to let him pursue his education in a way that is obviously better, more individualistic, more creative, more in-the-world than school could ever be.</p>