<p>Hi Everyone,
Is there a group somewhere on CC that is geared toward homeschoolers, and more specifically, gifted homeschoolers?
Thanks,
Ryan</p>
<p>I should say a group for Ivy Bound gifted homeschoolers.
Ryan
GiftedIvyPrepHomeschoolers</p>
<p>I don’t know, but if you find one, I’ll join.</p>
<p>Have you tried the homeschooling and college board on CC?</p>
<p>How do I get to the homeschooling board on College confidential?
Ryan</p>
<p>Go back to the main forum page and you’ll find it. A link is here.</p>
<p>the homeschooling board on CC is very low volume, although if everyone here went there and started up a discussion it might grow. You might want to also check out one the email lists specifically for college-bound homeschoolers. Two Yahoo groups I know of are hs2coll and homeschool2college. The families there have teens applying to a wide range of colleges, not just HYPSM. There may not be enough homeschoolers in the country applying to elite colleges to make for a lively “homeschooltoivy” list, although I could be wrong.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m on homeschool2college. I started GiftedIvyPrepHomeschoolers to cater to homeschooling parents of gifted kids who want to go to a highly selective college.
Ryan</p>
<p>A group of my friends run Giftedhomeschoolers.org</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.giftedhomeschoolers.org/[/url]”>http://www.giftedhomeschoolers.org/</a></p>
<p>Yeah, I’m on the Cal. gifted homeschoolers list.
Ryan</p>
<p>there’s also a Texas gifted homeschoolers list, txgifts. Mostly younger kids.</p>
<p>Here on CC most of the homeschooling parents do most of their interacting on the general Parents Forum or on the specific college forums most of interest to them.</p>
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<p>I’ll second this. There actually is not that much about the college process that is different for homeschoolers. The overwelming majority of stuff discussed here applies equally to homeschooled and to traditionally schooled parents and their kids. (researching particular colleges, college visits, interviews, standardized tests, rec letters, family relationships, packing for college). </p>
<p>I’m also going to guess that most “homeschoolers” likely to attend elite colleges actually use their high school years to take college classes, and that they are not particularly “doing school at home” in the sense of being taught by parents. That is certainly the case with the large number of homeschooled teens I know. Their parents guide the process until age 15 or so when they start taking CC classes or self-studying for AP exams. They usually end up with the same type of quantifiable evidence (grades, test scores, academic awards) of what they have been doing that traditionally-schooled kids have by the time they apply to colleges. They are able to fill out a regular app and are easily compared to the applicant pool.</p>
<p>Yes, Texas137, whom I “see” all over College Confidential, but hardly ever on the homeschooling forum, has summed up how to find homeschooling parents on CC. Just look for parents who are engaged in helping their children first PREPARE for college and then take responsibility for their own learning. You will find such parents on the college-specific fora for all the major selective colleges. </p>
<p>Another kind of credential that many successful homeschooled applicants have when they apply to college, besides AP scores and previous college credits, is national-level extracurricular (EC) participation. For instance, a young person who is interested in math might have taken the American Mathematics Competitions tests for several years, with scores that are readily comparable to the scores of other applicants, or might have participated in a summer program such as MathCamp or the Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program or RSI, or might have published some original research on a developing area of mathematics. Or the applicant might have done all three. 
There is plenty that any college applicant can do in “free time” to pursue a passion (which is the most important thing) and incidentally demonstrate ability to pursue a challenging college program.</p>