Pammy Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 My 17 yos was homeschooled until 9th grade, then I put him in public school. He is a junior now, and is doing dual credit and has a 4.0. Next year he wants to finish high school by homeschooling. He is in the top 10 percent of his class, but doesn't test well on SAT's, etc. so I am not too sure he will be able to compete for scholarships on his own. in TX, all students in top 10 percent automatically get admitted to any state university with some scholarships. If I pull him out of public school, we won't have that option. BUT...I could really use his help with our business. My dh's income has been cut ever since the economy starting going whack in 2006. It is to the point that I have to work part time and we still struggle. My son has apprenticed with my dh, and even paying him $10/hr would be a huge help to us. He wants to come back home, but I am so worried about scholarships being affected. He is also in Civil Air Patrol and has a ton of community service hours. If I do homeschool him again, here is our plan : Apologia Physics BJU PreCalculus BJU Govt/Eco American Lit Spanish 2 elective? If he goes back to school next year, he will have to take an elective in summer school. I only put 6 credits on his Freshman transcript, and no fine arts credit. So they won't allow him to graduate without art! Silly rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimm in WA Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Is the top 10% determined by GPA or test scores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MommyThrice Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 Does he plan to go to college? Are you concerned about admissions or scholarships? The SAT is pretty important for both. If you brought him home he could make the time to study for the SAT. Does he have the self-discipline to take lots and lots of practice tests? Another admissions option would be to spend more time on dual credit classes and transfer in as a sophomore. If he's college bound, my fear would be that he would spend too much time working in your business and school will slide. If he plans to take over the business someday, then maybe that is not so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pammy Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Is the top 10% determined by GPA or test scores? GPA determines the class ranking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pammy Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Does he plan to go to college? YES. Are you concerned about admissions or scholarships? BOTH...because of the test scores. The SAT is pretty important for both. If you brought him home he could make the time to study for the SAT. Does he have the self-discipline to take lots and lots of practice tests? Not really, he dislikes tests, but will do them if he doesn't feel pressure. Another admissions option would be to spend more time on dual credit classes and transfer in as a sophomore. We are considering this too. If he's college bound, my fear would be that he would spend too much time working in your business and school will slide. If he plans to take over the business someday, then maybe that is not so bad. He may or may not take over the business. We won't let his school slide though, he is pretty motivated to go to college. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candid Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I think it might help to sit down to run the numbers and figure out what works best. First there are the admissions and scholarship numbers. Find out about what he would get and where he would be admitted if he stays put in school. Try to find out the same for pulling him. You want to learn will he still be admitted. Without class rank the school will go mostly by SAT. Will that kill admission? Will it lower the scholarship money? This gives you a dollar value for the two situations. I realize this won't be measured perfectly but getting a rough ball park number will help you compare. Then sit down and figure out what he can realistically bring home dollar wise over this remaining time period. With these two sums you have a better sense of the financial advantages of each plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimm in WA Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 If he continued to do dual-enrollment, he could bypass having to take the SAT because he would be a transfer student. Having 2 years of college paid for through dual-enrollment is a HUGE $ savings. He also wouldn't necessarily have to take a full load at the CC and would still be eligible for the scholarships. I would be concerned about how it would look to college admissions officers to have a student take CC classes in the junior year and then go back to being fully homeschooled the senior year. Of course this can be explained in the extra info. section of applications, that he was needed for the family business, but something to consider. Would him working 20 hrs./week for you help enough? That's a doable # of hours for a high school senior, I would imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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