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• Finally Homeschoolers are being courted by Colleges - Oct. 6, 2006
You want the best and the brightest? Find a homeschooler. Now, I realize that's a gross generalization, but I just have that prejudice. Apparently the college community is catching on to this fact. According to an article by the Associated Press colleges covet home-schooled students.
I just like the fact that colleges are courting homeschoolers. I had to jump through extra rings because of my homeschool education. While most of the students only had to take the SAT, I had to take the SAT and ACT tests for the college of my choice. My mother also had to send my grades and extra paperwork. I didn't feel it was fair.
Now, according to this article, "After years of skepticism, even mistrust, many college officials now
realize it's in their best interest to seek out home-schoolers, said
Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers."
But, this certainly does sound like a good thing...maybe those hoops you had to jump through helped others and you paved the way! I have neighbors that homeschool their boys and highly respect them for it.
Blogging is my only addiction. Well, blogging and new books. I was homeschooled from K-12. I have an overactive imagination, read a page a minute and type 75 wmp. I've worked with kids since I was 13 and love writing about education issues. I'm an unpaid intern with MINDspriting. I steal paperclips to make up for the lack of a check.
