<p>My 2 S (twins) were homeschooled then from 9-12 (rising seniors now), “attended” an online cyber charter school. Tops of their “class”, they’ve never met 99% of them, except online,where they chatter and pass notes, etc. like all other kids. They have had dual enrollment at local university (not CC) for a year (4 As in the usual freshman classes), and next year, will take 10 credits at that college + 6 more at another local U. Do you think their unusual high school will count for or against? The school doesn’t give an exact rank, but they are in the top 5% of 800 online students. Should they really play up their unique-ish experience, or downplay? I have no idea and probably couldn’t find out if anyone has been accepted by Ivies in the past.</p>
<p>You might be walking a fine line with the amount of college courses taken. Depending on the school, your twins could be judged as transfer students. Other than that, online courses and a few college ones are a fantastic way to help show your twins capabilities. Don’t downplay them. More importantly however, your twins are going to need to demonstrate that they did more than just study/take courses. What did they take from homeschooling…have they independently studied, learned things on their own? Something that would stamp them as self motivated? Are they involved in the community? What sort of EC’s do they have? As a parent you’ll need to explain why you chose to homeschool and what your mission statement was.</p>
<p>You’ll be suprised at how welcoming some of the elite schools are to homeschoolers, and shocked at some schools that say they welcome homeschoolers but will ask for things the student can’t give.(One school refused to accept our state accredited evaluator for the guidance report…a math professor at a well ranked LAC who’s evaluated our two sons since the 6th grade. They also asked for the transcript to be redone twice. Very frustrating when Harvard, Brown and Chicago have no problems but your safety is rewriting the rules)</p>
<p>Why do you want them to go to college also? The reason for home schooling should remain same for the colleges too and if they are successful at cyber charter school then they should be fine with online colleges too.
MIT have all their classes available online and you can enroll into any top school online. </p>
<p>If the concept was to home school children to begin with then I think you should stick to it for the colleges too.</p>
<p>Sooner or later you need to get out of the house and mingle with your own crowd.</p>
<p>They might be approaching transfer status instead of freshman status, as was already mentioned.</p>
<p>Call the adcoms for the colleges they are considering and ask for information.</p>
<p>Overall, their experiences are not totally unique. Lots of kids take online classes. Lots of kids homeschool. Their experiences do not at all sound like a “hook.”</p>
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<p>I thought it was clear that the remark was more of a sarcastic one.</p>
<p>I have seen far stranger ideas here.</p>