<p>I have gotten a lot of great info from this forum, but I also feel somewhat alienated by the non-homeschooling parents. Not by them personally - in fact one mom really went out of her way to send me pm’s with lots of great info - so there are some really nice people here - but their goals seem to be so different.</p>
<p>My son started cc (dual-credit) in 10th grade (as I’m sure a lot of your kids did too). He has now maxed out dual credit so I graduated him a year early so that he could continue. By the end of what would have been 12th grade (this coming spring) he will have accumulated approx. 38 hours, with an excellent GPA.</p>
<p>He’s very proud of being in college already, and I think it’s quite an accomplishment. But, whenever I tell his story (not to brag, but just to get advice on something college-related) the non-homeschooling parents seem to often be in favor of me somehow getting the colleges to admit him as a freshman. It depends on the college, but UT (the one he wants to go to) would accept him as a freshman only if we counted the dual-credit classes as high school only. Since they are the same classes that are part of the core curriculum, why in the world would we want to do that???</p>
<p>The only reason I can think of would be to qualify for more scholarships, but if he didn’t drop the classes, then he won’t need to go to college as long, so it sort of evens out.</p>
<p>I hope I’m not offending any non-homeschooling parents who may be reading this, but I’m just wondering if any of you homeschooling parents have encountered this attitude. It’s almost as if they think he is somehow not on track because he has college credit and they want to help me find ways to get him back on track. </p>
<p>UT does not look at SAT scores (or high school records) for transfer students, so I didn’t think there was any reason for him to take it. He may still take it if it’s required for some other school that he may consider, but at this point there’s just no reason, other than test-taking skills, and he’s already getting plenty of that at the cc. This is yet another advantage to homeschooling/dual credit route - I have never liked the heavy emphasis on testing in the schools so I see no reason that my son should have to start conforming now, when he’s made it this far without conforming.</p>
<p>It’s not just the parents here - today I spoke with the admissions officer at Southwestern U. This is a very expensive school, so there is no way my son could attend unless he got a full scholarship. But, it looked interesting so I called - I like to always check out all options (and partly on the advice of Nan, who pm’ed me with that suggestion). But they, too, could not seem to grasp that my son already had college experience. They insisted that he would have to be enrolled as a freshman and take a full load.</p>
<p>I consider him ahead since he’s got many of the basics out of the way. He could enjoy 3-4 years of college life with a lighter load and keep his part-time job, for example. Why is it that so many people seem to think that going 4 years full-time is the ONLY way to do it?</p>
<p>I guess we homeschoolers are just more used to doing things differently. Any comments?</p>