When you're looking for the big college scholarships, it can be important to provide excellent homeschool records. The person who doesn't have a care in the world about the cost of college may do pretty well by submitting just an SAT score and a transcript. It's definitely possible to be accepted to a college simply with those things. But for most people, it's not just about getting into college; it's about being able to afford college. Therefore, most people need more than the minimum transcript and scores. Those things are important -- you do need a transcript (and the content of the transcript matters a lot), and you do need course descriptions (including some grading criteria), because they give more information about your homeschool to the colleges.
Essentially what a college is doing when they give you scholarships is they're placing a bet that your child is going to be successful in their school. They are investing in your child, based on their confidence that your child will succeed at college. The more you can convince them that your child will succeed, the more money they're likely to give you. Providing course descriptions and grading criteria will explain a whole lot about your homeschool, and can demonstrate the rigorous quality of your homeschool. When creating your course descriptions, provide the texts that you used, as well as any educational experiences or supplements. Keep careful records, and if possible, format them in a way that makes sense to the college that you are applying to. If you can, contact the college and say, "I'm a homeschool parent, and I want to provide my information in a format that works best for you." Then submit your information exactly how they want it.
In our homeschool I took an example of my course description and carried it into the college admission office and said, "Would you like to see course descriptions?" and they said "Yes." I showed them the piece of paper and said "I have this much information in every class in our homeschool. Is this what you want?" They said "Yes" and, in fact, went farther than that. That particular admissions officer said "I wish that every public high school student had course descriptions like this, because so many kids are coming to college and they can't write at a college level." Keep careful records and provide them in a way that the colleges will appreciate.
Essentially what a college is doing when they give you scholarships is they're placing a bet that your child is going to be successful in their school. They are investing in your child, based on their confidence that your child will succeed at college. The more you can convince them that your child will succeed, the more money they're likely to give you. Providing course descriptions and grading criteria will explain a whole lot about your homeschool, and can demonstrate the rigorous quality of your homeschool. When creating your course descriptions, provide the texts that you used, as well as any educational experiences or supplements. Keep careful records, and if possible, format them in a way that makes sense to the college that you are applying to. If you can, contact the college and say, "I'm a homeschool parent, and I want to provide my information in a format that works best for you." Then submit your information exactly how they want it.
In our homeschool I took an example of my course description and carried it into the college admission office and said, "Would you like to see course descriptions?" and they said "Yes." I showed them the piece of paper and said "I have this much information in every class in our homeschool. Is this what you want?" They said "Yes" and, in fact, went farther than that. That particular admissions officer said "I wish that every public high school student had course descriptions like this, because so many kids are coming to college and they can't write at a college level." Keep careful records and provide them in a way that the colleges will appreciate.
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