Home Schooling for Senior Year-How?

AT9
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:51:31 +0000

Alright. The biggest factor you face is most likely the state homeschooling laws that you would be under. They can have an enormous impact on how you structure her senior year. If I were you, I would look for a homeschooling support league in you area, and they can direct you to further resources from there. Chances are, if it’s a decent sized homeschool group, they’ll have someone who is familiar with high school homeschooling in your area, and they would probably be able to answer a lot of the questions that you’ll have.

I have been homeschooled my whole life, and I’m a senior this year. I’ll address the latter two of your main questions, because I’m right in the middle of that kind of stuff right now. I’ve taken dual enrollment classes at a community college since 10th grade, and I’ll even have an A.A. this December. Even so, every college that I’m applying to considers me a freshman applicant, not a transfer. I have run into a few colleges that would consider me a transfer, but they are few, and it’s only because I’ll have an A.A. degree, which your daughter won’t have to deal with. So if you’re daughter took some DE courses, she would most definitely be considered a freshman at almost any college in the nation. As far as applications go, it’s worked out well for me so far. I’ve been accepted at Covenant College and the University of Minnesota, and I’m waiting to hear back from Florida State and U of Florida. I would just advise you to have your daughter contact the colleges she’s interested in, and have her ask all about the requirements they have for homeschoolers (I would have your daughter do it because it looks better when the student is the one interested).

Now, this is just my experience, and it really depends on where you are and what colleges she’s applying to. I will say that she’ll probably lose some social activity, but if you search for opportunities, you might find them. For instance, I play sports for a local high school, I’m the president of a homeschool student group, and I’m heavily involved at church… so I don’t have much of a problem with socialization. Plus, it looks as if your daughter already has friends in the high school, so I would think that she’ll be fine.
Overall, homeschooling has its ups and downs, but I’ve found it to be a really positive experience for me, and if I could go back and change it, I wouldn’t. Anyway, you’re daughter sounds a little like me (motivated and thinks high schools waste a lot of time), so I hope she will have a positive experience like I have had. Good luck!