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Posted: Jan 15 2008 at 12:02am | IP Logged Quote teachingmom
I was contacted by a friend of a friend, who is on a committee that is in the process of developing written guidelines for judging applications for their organization's scholarship program. They want to include homeschoolers in their scope of selection. He asked me for input regarding what sort of documentation they might request for this process. He wrote:

"What I am trying to determine is what, typically, do "home schooled" students provide as evidence of their scholastic achievement(s) in order to gain admission to colleges, Universities, or trade schools? One area that quickly comes to mind is that of a "transcript of grades" - is there such a thing for those home schooled and is it typically accepted by colleges or universities? If not, what, if anything, do they provide?

This is the first time we have tried to document what will required of students to be considered for scholarship awards and we think the documenting process will lead us to a more structured system that in turn, will allow for a consistent system of determining qualifying students.   

Any assistance you can provide us will be most appreciated."

Can any of you who have older students address his questions? (Particularly any of you with formerly homeschooled college students who won scholarships, thus have been through the process.) I will pass any replies on to him. Thanks!


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Posted: Jan 15 2008 at 9:55am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
Hey Irene...

I used HSLDA's Word template for Libby's transcript, and also included a curriculum guide, class by class, year by year, for her school work. All the colleges have happily accepted it as "official" (7 that we have heard from so far, out of 8).

Also, if you look at Fastweb, an online scholarship clearing house, some of the scholarships offered have guidelines for homeschoolers.

[edit] Oh, I don't know if it matters, but 6 of the eight schools are conservatories, not strictly colleges.

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Posted: Jan 15 2008 at 11:41am | IP Logged Quote folklaur
Most of the colleges we spoke with wanted a transcript, but were fine with a "homemade" one. Their biggest interest was her ACT or SAT scores....
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There's a book by Cafi Cohen for homeschoolers titled And What About College?. It explains the kind of things that colleges often look for in a homemade transcript or portfolio and explains to homeschoolers how and when to start gathering information for a transcript or portfolio. I think it could be a valuable resource for the scholarship committee to come up with assessment guidelines.

The basic points are usually a reading list of completed books. A resume of specialty classes, extra-curricular activities, and paid or volunteer work. And either a general overview of things studied, or a specific breakdown of credit hours of time studying specific subjects (I can't remember how many hours of study equal an official credit hour as is recognized by school systems). The book also makes a point that college may not care if your child didn't cover the all the basics of a school if they show excellence in a more unusual area of study. For instance, they might not care if you skipped foreign language but did an intensive study of biology and were officially published instead.

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