<p>I know a homeschooling family where two out of three children homeschooled, and the third opted for public high school precisely because he wanted to participate in sports. This worked for him, but others find ways to participate in sports without attending school.</p>
<p>Most homeschool families I know are flexible in their choices, and choose homeschooling on a child by child, year by year basis. What’s right for one child might not be right for the next, and what’s right this year might not be next year. </p>
<p>As far as curriculum goes, my daughter looked at what she would need to do to get into a good college, and started working on it. She had home based courses, courses taught by other people in the community, some distance courses, and even took two classes at the local high school. She chose her path, and had our input and support in it. We held family meetings, in which she set specific short and long term goals, and we worked with her directly on various subjects when she requested it. She is now attending her first choice top college.</p>
<p>My daughter’s path was unique to her, which is one of the advantages of homeshooling. It can make for interested and interesting students, and colleges know this. However, since homeschoolers have unique learning paths, colleges must look a little more carefully at homeschool applications. This can be an advantage if a student has real work and accomplishments to show, but can be a disadvantage if the student is trying to get away with something. </p>
<p>Each school has its own requirements of homeschooled applicants, and most are savvy enough to see past the sort of thing coolkash$ mentioned with the GPA. An applicant with such an oddly skewed GPA better have test scores, essays, and other material to back it up, and they’d better present the GPA in context, or it’s unlikely the application would be seriously considered by better schools.</p>