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by hobobaggins 1059 days ago
We just created a homeschool transcript in Libreoffice, since it was required as part of the application process. Our daughter was admitted to both universities applied to and offered a "full ride" scholarship for one (which is the one she accepted). She was also offered (and accepted) a part time role in the CS dept at a different university.

Not sure what "a recognized homeschool program" is; we used a mixture of materials.

When you start homeschooling, you will begin to meet other parents who are also homeschooling, but it's still your journey and not anyone else's; we've found that different tools work for different kids, even within the same family. Choose the tools that work best for your children and your style of teaching.

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> Not sure what "a recognized homeschool program" is

E.g. something like Khan Academy's homeschool curriculum, or CK-12, etc. that is a complete curriculum ostensibly developed by people who know what they are doing, not just some moms making it up as they go.

Also if a kid wants to be involved in sports, that is more complicated for homeschoolers.

Not just sports, either. It ain't like a homeschool's gonna have a band program or a theater class. There are probably non-school-affiliated alternatives for them in one's community, but IME they tend to expect participants to be at least already competent at it. And no, solo tutoring ain't gonna cut it for that; being able to coordinate with dozens (or even multiple hundreds!) of other performers is its own skill, and I don't know of very many good ways to teach it other than practice.