<p>My daughter included courses from University of Nebraska Independent Study High School (ISHS) in her home school curriculum. She’s now a sophomore at Northwestern University. When she was first considering applying to NU, we sat down with an admissions officer to discuss their homeschool requirements, and he told her she’d need a few grades from an outside source. When my daughter told him she was taking ISHS classes, his face lit up. He said they were very familiar with ISHS, and that was exactly the sort of work they’d like to see. Apparently it was, because she eventually applied and was admitted.</p>
<p>ISHS has a long and respected history pre-dating modern homeschooling and the Internet. Their course work is reasonable, and lends itself to independent study.</p>
<p>That said, I do agree with hsmamainva. Distance courses are not the only way to go.</p>