<p>Thank you all for your replies.</p>
<p>I suppose I wasn’t clear about my age. I am a rising Junior finishing out my Sophomore year. Unfortunately that PSAT score won’t count for national merit. </p>
<p>NeedAVacation: Yes, I am currently being treated for depression. I suppose the difficulty is that I really do want to move forward with my education, but still have difficulty dealing with a lot of things. For example, I have a processing disorder which keeps me from reading quickly and doing things most of my high-achieving peers can do. That led to me take double or triple the time most kids take for an assignment which kept me from sleeping and may have inevitably led to my depression. I suppose I might need a little more time to recover.</p>
<p>GeekMom63: Nice to hear someone else has been homeschooled simply because school wasn’t working out. That makes me feel better. I have actually taken some SAT IIs and done well on them, (high 700s with one 800) but unfortunately the ones I was planning to take Sophomore year I didn’t feel well enough to take. Do you think it would be a good idea for homeschoolers to have more SAT IIs than a typical student because they aren’t graded in a traditional way?</p>
<p>anotherparent: If you don’t mind, I’d like to ask you some more specific questions. For example, how does one register for the AMC 12 as a homeschooler? I would have done so this past year but I had no idea how. (On a similar note, do you know how to register for other competitions as a homeschooler such as USABO, etc.?) I guess I’ve had my problems with being realistic in the past. I would consider myself a bright student, but by no means am I a sensational academic. May I ask you some more questions in a PM? I don’t want to bother you too much, but as a homeschooler who is essentially teaching himself and putting together everything himself, I am very lost and would appreciate help.</p>
<p>Again, thank you all very much for your replies.</p>