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[quote=Anonymous]Have had three kids apply and been accepted to great schools from homeschool (Haverford; Colorado College; SMU; Rhodes; Pepperdine; UMD Business School, etc.)  If you are interested in homeschooling for high school, there is no reason to not do it based on fear about college admissions.  I would say that it is difficult to get accepted to Ivies unless your child also has an unusual "passion" that they pursued extensively (like building their own sailboat and sailing independently to the Caribbean, etc.), but then it is difficult to be accepted to the Ivies from any background.

You will need to focus on having your child either taking AP exams or dual enrollment classes to show that your child's education is comparable to public education.  For more selective colleges, I recommend the AP route.

Keep good records.  I created an "Annotated Transcript" for each child, with course descriptions, books read, etc.

Have your child participate in some live classes during high school.  This shows that they know how to work with a teacher and classmates (colleges already understand that they can work independently.)

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