Interview 186: Michele Evard, Holly Ramsey, and Liam Dailey on “How admission offices evaluate homeschooled applicants”

- Holly, Michele, and Liam all introduce themselves.
- Liam, Michele, and Holly share the reasons why students choose homeschooling
- Holly shares some of the fascinating statistics on homeschooling
- We return to the subject of why students consider homeschooling
- Holly explains why she feels homeschooling is a humane way to educate
- Holly explains how the racial unrest with George Floyd has impacted homeschooling
- Liam shares some creative examples of students who homeschooled
- Michele answers the question, when is a student that learns at home homeschooled, and when are they not homeschooled
- Holly speaks to the efficiency of homeschooling
- Liam talks about how homeschooled students demonstrate college readiness and Holly chimes in and adds some insights
- Liam, Michele and Holly discuss the role test scores play in how homeschooled applicants are evaluated?
- Michele and Holly discuss the challenge of AP’s for homeschooled applicants
- Liam talks about what he does in his role of homeschool admissions liaison and he talks about how common or rare it is for a college to have a homeschool specialist in their admission office
- We are talking about advice for homeschoolers when it comes to the transcript, the Counselor letter, the School Profile, the Activity List, and the Curriculum Guide
- Liam talks about the value of the one-page overview document
- Liam talks about a missed opportunity that he encounters with some homeschooled students
- Should the parent write the counselor’s recommendation?
- Should the parent write the teacher’s recommendation?
- Michele talks about how the process can be different in the UK
- Holly talks about her book she wrote with Michele; College Unmazed, Design and Document Your Homeschool
- Holly and Michele share some other great resources
- Michele warns us about trusting the rumor mill when it comes to homeschooling
- Michele has some words of wisdom on the topic of college readiness, including what students with learning differences need to do
- Our guest experts discuss the stereotype, Homeschooled students struggle socially