How to Diplomatically Explain Lack of Opportunities?

intparent
Sat, 21 Oct 2017 04:00:02 +0000

Not sure you can explain it. Some home schooled kids take advantage of the flexibility of home schooling to pursue deep interests and activities on their own, like music or an individual sport or writing a novel. Others do things like 4H, or scouting, or club sports. Many school districts allow (sometimes required by law) homeschooled students to participate in school ECs.

Maybe you have some activities that are less formal that you can list. Things like art, dog training, etc. Admittedly, the very top schools are looking for “pop” – something besides good test scores and grades. But school based ECs often don’t provide that pop anyway.