Originally Posted by Wren
I just did some research on homeschooling and it looks like the academics are the easy part. It appears that the non-academic part is becoming very important.

The really top colleges, and they mention Harvard as being friendly to homeschoolers, is looking for kids that do really "cool" stuff outside their school work to get an idea of who this kid is, particularly socially. They mention that boy is was one of the youngest to sail around the world by himself, at the time, as a homeschooler who did something cool to get into Harvard.

I know that is an extreme but knowing how a kid fits in is becoming more of a criteria now.

Not wanting to be critical, just trying to be fully informed. DD is 5 turning 6 and going into grade 1. I am trying to make the best decisions for her.

Ren

Do you have a link to the Harvard story? It sounds an awful lot like "Dove" the book which is a true story from the 60's but he didn't go to Harvard. Perhaps the boy was inspired by reading the above book?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060920475...=as3&creative=373489&camp=211189