Test optional for homeschoolers too?

Creekland
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:19:43 +0000

@JanieWalker Email admissions at schools she’s interested in to see if they will make an exception. My lad had some different things from his homeschooling years and only Emory wouldn’t make an exception. Therefore, he cut Emory from his list. Their loss, not his. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with two majors and two minors at the school he attended, so I’m pretty sure they were happy to have him and glad they made the exception.

He had an ACT test score though. (And a couple DE/AP.) That wasn’t the exception. (No SAT or SAT II and not quite a traditional transcript with courses.)

The worst admissions can do is tell you they won’t make an exception. Then the student has the option of jumping through the hoops or going elsewhere. It was an easy choice for my lad when literally every other school he was interested in was more than willing to accept his app as it was (they accepted him too). Why test for one school? (Emory wanted SAT II from homeschoolers and wouldn’t budge. Again - their loss - though honestly I’m not sure it would have been his first choice over where he went when he made his decision.)