Lesson 7: College and Career
A common worry among homeschooling parents of all types is that their children will have difficulty getting into a college, not because they will be unprepared, but because they don’t possess a high school diploma. This lesson includes sections on completing high school, college and career prospects, adapting to college and work, and alternatives to college.
Introduction
Homeschooling parents often worry about whether their children will be able to get into the college of their choice and how well they will do there, not because they won’t be prepared, but because they don’t have grade point averages, transcripts, and diplomas to present for admission, and because they have enjoyed a pressure-free learning style different from the teaching model of education. However, more and more colleges are accepting homeschoolers, and homeschoolers are proving that they can succeed in college and work.
Homeschoolers not only get into college, they often excel above their conventionally schooled peers. Homeschoolers, particularly unschoolers, take with them into college and work their resourcefulness and ability to take responsibility for their learning.
This lesson includes sections on completing high school, college and career prospects, adapting to college and work, and alternatives to college.
