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High School & College
Homeschool students qualify for Pell Grants, federal loans, and work-study. The financial aid office will still ask for documentation most families do not know they need until October of senior year. Here is what to prepare and how to file.
High School & College
Homeschooled athletes qualify for Division I and II through 16 NCAA-approved core courses, a certification account, and three documents no other student files. Miss the sequence and a scholarship offer can go with it.
High School & College
Students with dyslexia, ADHD, 2e profiles, or IEP histories don't fit the standard transcript grid. Here's how to document what they learned: honestly, legibly, and in a format colleges can read.
High School & College
When your homeschooled teen pushes back, the fix depends on the cause. Learn how to diagnose resistance, restore agency, and decide whether to stay the course or pivot.
High School & College
The counselor recommendation for a homeschool student is written by the parent. The trick is writing as the homeschool's administrator, not as Mom or Dad. Specifics over superlatives.
High School & College
The Common App accommodates homeschoolers, but the workflow has a few non-obvious wrinkles. The parent fills out the school report, uploads transcript and supporting docs as PDFs.
High School & College
Unweighted caps at 4.0 and treats every course equally. Weighted adds bonus points for AP, Honors, and Dual Enrollment, capping at 5.0+. Both belong on the homeschool transcript.
High School & College
Calculating a homeschool GPA is just arithmetic on a 4.0 scale. Multiply each grade by credits, sum, divide. Here's the formula and worked examples for both unweighted and weighted.
High School & College
Most transcript problems aren't substantive. They're formatting. Missing GPA scale, inconsistent credits, no school profile. Easy to fix once you know what to watch for.
High School & College
A homeschool transcript is one page. Same elements as any high school transcript, signed by you instead of a counselor. Here's exactly what each section needs and where families slip up.