<p>@austinmshauri, I know some of the homeschooling parents will object when I wrote my posting. 
My appologies to you and other families who chose homeschooling for honest reasons rather than trying to get into the top schools.</p>
<p>The reason I wrote what I wrote is that I read some stories of homeschooling kids getting into top schools and the winning strategy given was that they only do 2 things during high school time. Preparing for testings and EC.</p>
<p>As you illustrated ablove, the materials/documentations supplied are all provided by the student/family. The only real check and balance I can tell so far is standard test scores. I’m not talking about people who try to fake their ways completely into top schools. Rather I see that happening for good students who can do very well in testings and have aspirations of top schools, but may have subjects they don’t like and get the occasional Bs in school, or may not be the top students who garner glowing recommandations, etc. Going for the homeschooling route can eliminate those issues.</p>
<p>In this case, EC can be manufactured, especially since there is no school GC to provide reference. One can find a family friend to supervise and write a glowing recommendation. For testings, let’s face it, for good students, it can be much easier to get a 5 on AP English or even high score on SAT subject, than laboring for 4 years and make sure you get all As. Not to mention you can save a ton of time from classes that you can use to pad your EC instead.</p>
<p>So I do see people flocking to this route in the future.</p>