Any input on how good computer sciences are there?

Can you tell more about academics?

We thinking computer science

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Thanks for the tip on Abilene. Should have said Texas is our top choice

We applied to Houghton too, I thought they give 3 full scholarships per year only?

We have applied to Grove City, Baylor, Eastern University, Kings University, West Texas AM, Alabama University, Huntsville, Liberty University

Hello! My daughter is semifinalist and hopefully will be NMSP finalist, with 1540 SAT. We were looking for a full tuition scholarship from a college with Christian affiliation or within Bible belt. We already applied to several but would like to hear about more.

Hello, My daughter (a homeschooled senior) scored a 1540 on SAT but with essay score 6, 2, 6. She’s interested in honors programs with full ride or full tuition scholarships. How badly could this essay score affect her, especially since these colleges don’t require or recommend SAT essay for admissions? Possibly thinking of retaking SAT with essay, but she probably would have to wait till December, which would be after some scholarship deadlines but before others. (For example, some Baylor scholarships have deadline for application mid November, and finalists come interview in January). She’s planning to take AP English Language as her AP course this year (as well as Calculus and physics courses that she may use to study for AP exams). She is a NSMP semifinalist with good chances to become finalist. Thank you for your time!

My child working on a personal essay for National scholarship merit program. She wants to make it religious. Is it acceptable and should she follow advice from here: https://magoosh.com/hs/college-admissions/2014/should-i-mention-my-religion-in-my-college-essay/ Thanks!

We lived in Texas for many years and plan to go back there, therefore looking for a college there and already audited Baylor. Her SAT score is 99.5% but we are worried that her last year will look weak and thinking about taking online college level course in calculus or something like that. Would it be better idea to take it at a college affiliated with A&M or Baylor or maybe a top national university? She told local CC college that she has high school diploma so we will have to pay full price anyways.

My daughter was in online public high school for a year but we moved to NY where it is not offered. So we did PennFoster which is online AdvancedEd accredited private school. According to NMC website online school students are treated as homeschoolers. We received her National Merit paperwork and will be filling it out. We decided that medicine may not be best for her personality and currently considering engineering, she is gifted in math and engineering will fit her better. As for an engineering degree, her SAT scores are very competitive and we would like to get a full scholarship which was already alluded to by 2 colleges. We called Baylor in Waco TX that she liked and they said gap year is not a problem but that college doesn't necessarily award scholarships based on NMSC. Now another question, if she should be in a rigorous program so she can demonstrate ability by getting good grades, and wants the opportunity to get recent quality teacher references, would AP courses or college courses serve her better in this way?

Am I correct in understanding that DE courses would make her automatically a transfer student and that will jeopardize scholarships?

She technically got a diploma from that program at the end of junior year, but the program is on the easier side and probably won’t impress colleges, so she is continuing to take classes this year as a senior, particularly advanced classes. How do we make sure that colleges will consider her a senior and not in her gap year this year?

It’s NY state, I’ll have to check re dual enrollment prices at community colleges

As homeschoolers, we will have to pay full price for AP courses. PAH is approximately $700 or more per course, should be close to college prices and that made me think. Any suggestions on which reputable colleges allow to take only couple courses online?

Hello, My daughter finished online high school program one year yearly but did not apply for colleges yet. She will have one year to take courses and I would like to know what are pro's and contra's of taking AP courses from PAHomeschoolers versus trying to get an online course from a reputable college. We would like to show prospective colleges that she can take college level classes and I was wondering if taking a college course would make better impression than AP course. She is a semifinalist at National Merit scholarship program and we will try to make it to the final.

Thanks you, we are planning for college in NY or TX

Thanks, do you feel that 16 yo needs to attend a formal online school or good grades on courses listed above would be as good or better?

Will attending a public high school significantly improve chances for scholarships in comparison to home schooling?

Thank you, lot of very useful info! So one does not need to buy an online school package and can just pick an choose courses such as listed in this thread?

Hello! We are not entirely new to homeschooling. My 15 yo daughter had 6 months of home school through K12.com and did not find their curriculum challenging. She will be a sophomore this fall. She is a good student and had score exceeding 99.5% on PSAT and STAR test last year. We were thinking about more challenging curriculum that would show if she can handle premed courses. I believe in NY state there is enough flexibility with home schooling to allow for AP courses but I am not sure where to start. Ideally we wold like to put together curriculum themselves that would be geared toward premed. Thank you!