What colleges want four years of a foreign language? Most want either a minimum or a range, but there is still a minimum in that range. As far as applying, list what your student has done. You can't change that and colleges will handle it as they see fit. My son got into a selective school with only two years of Latin. He shined in the math so that is what stood out.

I "think" you can fulfill your academic classes with great online classes without having to duel enroll so I suspect you can be satisfied with the academic side of things. There are enough asynchronous courses that you can be anywhere in the world and take them as long as you have good internet. Will online courses work toward your college goals? I know if will work for American colleges, but I don't know your situation. As far as social - that sound like this will be the deciding point for you. Both the social (good and bad) of sending them be a school as well as what you lose out on family-wise socially. What else is available that isn't linked to a school for social outlets? My kids have been homeschooled all the way through. Their main social outlets have been Boy Scouts, Church, and Ultimate Frisbee. Social outlets might be found through volunteer opportunities, sports, church, local organizations - it certainly doesn't have to be homeschoolers. I do think the social side of the decision is important as teens need that socialization. What do teens in your area do outside of school? Is there a way for your homeschool group to do some smaller teen specific activities? Hope you find what path is best for you.

I think there are lots of reasons why a student may not have a stellar high school record, but that does not automatically make them a bad fit for engineering or computer science. Sift through the thoughts above. It's absolute that students must be able to make it through calculus and physics and then generally be able to continue to apply the principles through the years. Some schools make it difficult to get into pre-engineering courses, and therefore difficult to change into engineering. Some schools make it difficult for anyone to change into engineering no matter their grades and courses. Other schools make it easy as long as you can pass calculus, etc. I agree that if you can't get at least a C in classes that are fundamental to engineering, then you don't belong in it.

Derek Owens.

I can't speak to the overlap as I looked through the LAoW, had my son start it, and then dropped it. I think the focus is very different even with the overlap of the subject of writing essays. Whether or not you do LAoW, I would still recommend starting with the first Expository Essay class as I think it is more practical (compared Expository Essay - Rhetorical Critique) though both are good.

Ask at the school specifically if it is easy or hard to transfer between colleges or majors. At the school my son is going to, it is very easy - just fill out a form and it's done (though you have to have a minimal gpa in math/science to get into engineering). At another school we looked at, you had to "apply" again to get into a new major and if it was competitive you could get turned down again.

You could skip it, but I'd tend to do it for real and see what they get.

Singapore to AoPS. My oldest stayed with AoPS throughout; my second switched to Derek Owens for precalc. My little guy is doing Beast alongside SM. Singapore math gives a great foundation in math. The biggest thing I'd recommend no matter what curriculum is that you get a solid foundation and understand algebra before moving further.

I agree that it is not always easy. Some schools list themselves as taking outside students, but in reality don't. Total registration is a tool for the schools. It in no way says they will test your student. Some schools will test your student even if they are not giving the test to anyone else. :hurray: Some schools say they will test your student (as they have done in years past), take your money and then a month later cancel your tests saying they changed their minds and are no longer testing homeschoolers - yes this really happened to me. :banghead: It varies widely by school, district and state. The AP ledger link is a great place to find names of potential schools but it sometimes is easy and other times is not.

If you have a techy kid that also likes to learn for the sake of learning, then a polytech school might limit the breath of learning.

I keep my kids home and have no intention of sending them to school My homeschool friends that send kids to school usually either do it because they feel inadequate to teach high school at home or because of finances (mom needs to work as well as dad).

If he's ever doing calculus again, then I wouldn't want so many years off from calculus. I'd have no problem doing AoPS Counting and Probability after calculus. AP Computer Science is not always considered a math class, but if it is at your public school then that is fine.

Brave Writer has a number of classes that might fit her. In those middle ages, many of the students do the class independently, but some have parental help/involvement. Unless the class lists the parent as the student, then the class is taught to the student. Edited to say that according to your posted chart I have one of each in my three oldest kids - high achiever, gifted learner, and creative thinker. Brave Writer has worked very well for all three.

I think you could do any or all of the INTRO books. I did them concurrently by one week we'd do a chapter of algebra, next week we'd do geometry, 3rd week we'd do counting and probability, 4th week we'd do number theory. The review problems at the end of the chapter would go into the next week so that we'd be doing some review problems of one book and a new chapter of another. Pick whichever sounds good to you.... and yes, I think you could move on to geometry and it would likely be a good challenge.

I"m not specifically an MEP family, but I've used it a lot intermittantly. As far as AoPS, it is really hard to schedule by year or too far in advance. I'll give you some thoughts and I"m sure others will chime in also. AoPS Prealgebra - start whenever you child is ready; most can finish this in a year AoPS Intro to Algebra - this book basically covers Algebra 1 and 2; some people add a little more for algebra 2, others don't (If moving on to Intermediate algebra or a good precalculus then I don't really think you need to cover anything else for algebra 2) AoPS Geometry - big, long book; not everyone can finish in a year; many people think this is the hardest, but my kids have found it the easiest AoPS Counting and Probability - bonus book that can be covered in a semester AoPS Number Theory - bonus book that can be covered in a semester I mixed multiple books as we did them. We'd cover a chapter in one and then a chapter in a different book (while working on the review problems of the first) AoPS Intermediate Algebra - this used to be called Algebra 3 on their website and this is what I called it; This is a great book for talented math students, but the intermediate series is too hard for many. I think you can go straight from the algebra book into a solid precalc book. AoPS Precalc - my favorite of the intermediate series. AoPS Calculus - this is my least favorite AoPS book and we went to a different calculus book Son #1 - did all the AoPS books as well as multiple online courses; covered all the intro books in middle school and took 2 credits of math yearly in high school; this is the kind of kid that AoPS is perfect for Son #2 - Did prealgebra in 6th; algebra and geometry books in 7-9th; Derek Owens precalculus in 10th; moving on to AP calculus next year - this boy is very good in math (perfect math ACT), but AoPS is not the way he learns best Daughter - Did SM, MEP, Derek Owens prealgebra then AoPS Prealgebra (finished in 8th). Has started the AoPS geometry book and is doing very well with simply an AoPS prealgebra background; will start the algebra book in 9th and will find the algebra more difficult than the geometry book (she is highly visual spacial) She ought to be able to finish the intro books, but will not move to the intermediate books.Her high school math looks like Algebra 1 and 2, geometry, and probably precalc. I've tutored students through the Intro books; some move on to the intermediate books, others move on to a more traditional math book.

I don't use a set curriculum for high school, but for your first year homeschooling it may be the easiest thing to do. English is mostly literature and writing. I teach grammar as needed. I pick and choose what I think is best or most interesting. I've used a lot of Brave Writer classes as well as Center for Literature. I do some ACT/SAT review and target specific areas that need to be worked on. This year I have one student doing an online AP course.

As far as fostering resiliency, I'm not sure. Love them, make sure they have "safe" people to talk to, and help them along the way. My heart and prayers go out to you and your daughter.

Give yourself permission to take a break whenever the going gets tough. We take a break from math most every year in January - just need a break. When teaching reading, we take breaks intermittently - everyone needs it. If a subject is going rough or I'm butting heads with my child, I will often say you have to finish whatever has been assigned, but then I step back and reevaluate - is it too hard, what is hard about it, do we just need a break or do we need to change something.

No experience, but I have friends that have done high school Mandarin Chinese through Florida Virtual School. This might give you a fallback if you need more years of Chinese.

While many list courses before 9th grade somewhere on the transcript, I choose to simply leave them off. It's obvious if you are taking high math or further foreign language that you learned the prerequisites sometime. I also teach to mastery and have no problem giving an A if the work is mastered. The main classes I'd have trouble giving an A in, I ended up outsourcing and my son received A's from outside teachers. If ACT/SAT scores are also high, noone is going to think twice about the grades.

Sounds like a fun elective to me. As are as a measure of accountability, I think it is fine to have anywhere from very little accountability to lots for an elective. On the low side, you could simply have her discussion what she's reading and call it done. You could certainly make her write about it, but not every elective has lots of writing. The RPG sounds fun. Be careful not to destroy the fun she is having learning by making it work. Does writing come easily to her? One of my boys I could easily make write up things on the books as well as the RPG. The other would resist writing so much that he'd rather not do the elective at all. In other words, don't destroy her desire to learn by adding too much for her - each child is different.

We choose not to do the recommended (optional) interview - he still got into this selective school.

Has he done anything like AoPS Intro to Counting and Probability?

Reefgazer, you (or anyone else) are welcome to message me and I'll send you my notes on the Illustrated Guide. The Illustrated Guide is a lot of work and a lot of fun.

Binge reading sounds like fun.