OP,
I like the fact that you are asking admissions counselors at various colleges. They should give you food for thought.
While it might not help in admissions to homeschool senior year, maybe you should follow your heart and not worry about where you’ll end up.
I do know one young lady here in California who did a homeschool program through the local school district for her senior year. She wanted more time for her photography. She was able to take 1-2 classes at her former high school, but was able to do a photography internship and have more free time.
It did not hurt her a bit, but keep in mind she was still registered in the public school system and had a public school transcript. If there is anything like that in NY, you might consider that.
Yes, it’s true colleges will be able to look at your previous high school transcripts as well as your homeschool senior transcripts. I just honestly think it would be so much work to get everything together at this stage of the game…but again, if you are determined, I would say go for it. Just do it, not because your goal is Yale, but because you think it’s the best academic path for you.
I’ve graduated two homeschooled sons. Neither one ever, ever went into learning or college applications with expecations about what colleges they would be attending/admitted to-totally true.
We were realists, and we knew that their ultimate safety school was the local community college. It turns out they were both admitted to some amazingly difficult to get into colleges, and both did better than I thought possible.
But we didn’t have any specific college as a focus, at all.
I think you can have a great senior year if you set aside your expecations about what schools you may or may not get into, and just focus on what you want to learn/do.