Homeschool and college expectations

MomOnALaptop
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 11:52:19 +0000

Good advice so far about thinking ahead. I’d add that you’ll want to look at college requirements for high school course work, too. Colleges tend to have very specific expectations in terms of classes he’ll need to have, which you can find on their admissions pages. Weirdly, sometimes the state graduation requirements for homeschoolers are lower than the requirements of even the state’s own public universities. So it’s good you’re doing your research now, because that way you can plan the appropriate curriculum. If your community has a lot of folks that are saying “life skills math is fine,” for instance, and your kid is clearly not going in a math direction and would love to do without more math, but your target schools require four years of pre-college math, you’ll want to know that!

Also, make sure your accommodations are in place for SAT, AP tests, etc.