Are colleges looking for home schooled students rather than students that went to public school?

Question

oh and are you pro home schoolers or anti?

Answer 1

Many Christian colleges are actively looking for home-schoolers b/c they know the system works and there is little risk involved. Smaller ones are especially keen b/c they'll get good students and improve the college's reputation. I've seen lots of booths from colleges at homeschool conferencees.

Most top level secular schools are happy w/ homeschoolers b/c the homeschool movement started w/ the intellectual "elite" in the early '70's. That's where most of the established faculty and administration came from, so they are fine w/ it. You will even find a handful who are keen to get homeschoolers.

It's the generic state schools where you might see problems; and then it's simply logistics. Those schools just want all the correct boxes checked and the paperwork in order. It can be more difficult for homeschoolers to do this. But, it can be done and it's getting easier. FYI, Jason Taylor was homeschooled and went to U Akron. He was a football recruit several years ago, before homeschooling was as well known...and they found a way ;-)

Answer 2

Yes home schoolers usually out perform public schoolers as do Christian schoolers and even some charter schoolers.
Colleges accept them as long as they can pass the entry tests which of course they can.

Universities don`t like them around though because they haven`t been brainwashed with politically correct ideas and can infect the other students with logic based on facts. Liberal Professors look down on them and make it hard for them. Especially when the students are forced to parrot Liberal ideas in order to get a good grade. Home schoolers and Christian Schoolers tend to stay away from the Frat house types, latest fad, Protests, and study hard.

My own son, a part time Home schooler, entered public school in the 12th grade so he could have a High School Diploma from a public school. He won the Presidents Award for Excellence and went on to College. At College his only problem was with the Professors as he challenged and thus embarrassed them. He had to learn to just repeat what he knew was not correct in order to pass a course. He often wanted to just leave as he felt frustrated that so many courses were a, "Stupid waste of time and money." He believes to this day that many courses he was required to take were pure political/social brainwashing. Finally he happily Graduated with a 3.6 GPA. He doesn`t look back fondly at his college years.

Answer 3

You know, this totally depends on the college. I know a Dean at a college that enrolled a large # of HS'ers a few years back...it was kind of an experimental thing at the time because they'd never really had a large applicant pool before that time. They actually thought if it went well, maybe they'd make a name for themselves in the HS'ing community in that area.

He said it was a dissmal failure. Maybe they got a weird crop that year, but many of them dropped out after one or two quarters. One changed her major and demanded she be able to retain her scholarship (which was linked to her old major) and apparently went into hysterics when the administration said it wasn't possible. Another didn't want to take classes required for the major and accused the advisor of being prejudiced for counselling her to take the courses required by the university. He said they get flaky public schoolers now & then as well but that year the HS'ers were all train wrecks. Couldn't function within the administrative parameters of the school so now they review HS apps just as carefully as they do PS and they don't just give people the benefit of the doubt if something is out of order in the application.

None of which is to say that I'm anti-HSing. I think for some families it works very well. But HSing does emphasize individuality whereas at the college or university level, you are not always going to have complete freedom to pursue your studies. It's the parents' responsibility to make sure their kids can function in the framework of higher education. It's OK to challenge the system but you have to it in a respectful way through the right channels.

Answer 4

Yes. We homeschool. Also, there are many colleges and universities that actively recruit homeschooled students. In fact, I read a story not too long ago about an Ivy League university seeking them. Homeschooled students are winning national competitions like spelling bees and science fairs, so they are gaining national recognition. They are getting scholarships because homeschooled children have more time to do community service, they can be more involved, so they are being recruited. They test higher than public school students in most areas, and colleges are aware of the fact.

Answer 5

I do not know of any colleges looking for home-schooled students.
I don't know a lot about home-schooling, but I would assume home-schooled students, being a small part of the population, would be accepted to universities BECAUSE:

This is a way for universities to "test the waters" of home-schooled students.
See above.

My personal take on home schooling is that fewer kids make for less peer interaction. I can make no valid complaint against the average level of instruction home-schooled kids receive. However, I am a firm believer in the doctrine, "Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child." So, I am fond of the notion that kids should be capable of dealing with the public, and that is why I am fond of larger classes than a home-schooling environment tends to generate.

I will assume home-schooled students will be less easy to assimilate than public or private-schooled students, and will present challenges to counselors and administrators who have had fewer variables, in the past, to contend with.

The only reasons I consider the option of home/private/parochial schooling of my child are well apart from educational reasons. The schools and the teachers do fine work, but my kid will not be trying to learn math and physics in a war zone or a red light district.

Colleges should be looking at a sufficient number of factors in student selection to be able to choose well from their pool of applicants, home-schooled or otherwise.

Answer 6

I have homeschooled my kids til they go into 8th grade. The only reason why I put them in public school is because I dont want them to miss prom and other types of things....but I do know that some colleges do like home schoolers because it shows that they are disciplined and know how to get their work done on their own....I love homeschooling it allows me to have such a great bond with my kids and so that I ( not the school ) can teach them morals and values...especially my girls about the life changing events when they get older...

Answer 7

I don't think colleges are looking for homeschooled students instead of public schooled students, but some colleges are actively encouraging homeschooled students to enroll.

http://www.chec.org/Resources/Colleges/

I have heard that some admissions officers at I can't remember which colleges do tend to lean towards homeschoolers when they have to choose between applicants because homeschoolers tend to be much more independent and serious about their studies.

I am pro-homeschooling. I am a former teacher and saw what went on in even the most reasonable classes and hated that education in schools has become a singular model to which everyone is expected to adhere. There is little room for personal interests and individual abilities.

I'm also bothered by the focus on same-aged peers. For the first time in history, we have essentially created little families of 30-tuplets and expect them all to learn proper social skills and get a proper education that way. Imagine being the parent of 5 kids all the same age. Now make it 30 kids all the same age. Sure, they'll know how to function with other kids the same age (well, to a certain extent; even in public schools, there are always at least 1 or 2 in a class who have difficulties relating to others), but what about role models? Other kids a bit older to look up to? Other kids younger to help out and be role models for? The teacher is a single adult in the classroom, not much of a role model because kids primarily want to be like what's predominant around them, and what's predominant around them are 30 kids at roughly the same maturity level they are.

Those who say that homeschooled kids don't get any exposure to others don't know what they're talking about. My kids and most of the homeschooled kids I know see others on at least a weekly basis. This fits in with a study done by the Fraser Institute. I know at least a few families who say that they are so busy with out-of-home activities, primarily lessons but also homeschooling activities, that they have little time to sit down and do bookwork. There are field trips and music lessons and swimming lessons and gymnastics lessons and clubs and parties and park days and more.

Because of all this exposure to a variety of kids, and not the same kids, all the same age, each day for a year, sometimes more, my kids have no problem meeting new kids, playing with them, interacting with them, regardless of age. Park days are a wonderful treat for us homeschooling parents as we see our kids, who may never have met, creating all kinds of games together and getting along just fine. And you can almost always tell which kids have been recently pulled out of public school because they're the ones sitting on the side: they don't know anybody or there's nobody their age there. Homeschooled kids, for the most part, are used to the wide age range and having different people all the time, so it just is not a big deal for them. Talk about a wonderful social skill to have!

Answer 8

I don't know of any that actively recruit homeschoolers other than Patrick Henry College, but I have heard that many of the Eastern private schools(like Brown) are VERY homeschool friendly; while the California public university system is very unfriendly toward homeschoolers. I hope that helps.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

yes as a matter of fact we are the home schoolers seem to be much faster learners and really have their heads in the game