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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]There’s a new path to Harvard and it’s not in a classroom[/b]

[i]18-year-old Claire Dickson is entering into Harvard College this fall.
What got her into the most famous school in the world, one with a record-low 5.3% acceptance rate?
Homeschooling, she tells Boston Magazine.[/i]

https://www.businessinsider.com/homeschooling-is-the-new-path-to-harvard-2015-9[/quote]

This article underscores several PPs points above (and yes the thread is old).

The student it focuses on took class at a community college and Harvard extension during the high school years. She went into the community and had strong recommendations from those environments.

Every homeschooled high schooler I know has taken 4-5 SAT2 subject tests and the regular SAT/ACT. With grades, a relative ranking against high school peers, and grades from teachers who are not parents, admissions officers really have to rely on the content tests.

The two beat predictors of college success are high school grades combined with standardized test scores. [/quote]

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