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Hi everyone needing some help with information. One of my kids told me that she would like to try for the Air Force Academy. We are currently homeschooled and I'm just trying to figure out how to go about doing her high school years, she is in middle school now, so that she can meet all the requirements needed to apply. Has one on here either homeschooled their kids and they got into the academy or have been homeschooled themselves and made it in. Any guidance would be great. Thank you all
 
Plenty of successful homeschool students - maybe try searching for posts by @fencersmother - the fencer twins were both homeschooled and in my USAFA class (I shared a lot of classes with one of them) and did very well. But - in general the important thing is that you follow the guidance posted above and then take advantage of the freedom offered by the extra available time and flexibility. This was definitely the case for the fencer twins - they were able to do a lot, including getting a real good start on college classes in their later years. I did something similar in middle school where I homeschooled the classes my parents considered a waste of time (health, PE, some electives) and spent the extra time on the tennis court. This extra flexibility was key for me to get to the college tennis level and a much better use of time than reading my book in a class I could ace with my eyes closed.
 
My son is an applicant. I haven't looked at the other emails but USAFA makes homeschooled students jump through extra hoops. They not only want a transcript but the titles of curriculum used and a course description. I was up late every night working on it and didn't sleep at all Thursday trying to get it done.
I am guessing that high school guidance counselors are not having to document curriculum used and course descriptions x 4 years for every student.
No matter what your state requires, keep documentation of curriculum used and a summary of what topics are being covered.
 
lipton_hot_tea said:
My son is an applicant. I haven't looked at the other emails but USAFA makes homeschooled students jump through extra hoops. They not only want a transcript but the titles of curriculum used and a course description. I was up late every night working on it and didn't sleep at all Thursday trying to get it done.
I am guessing that high school guidance counselors are not having to document curriculum used and course descriptions x 4 years for every student.
No matter what your state requires, keep documentation of curriculum used and a summary of what topics are being covered.
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Actually, they do. HS Counselors put together a school demographic: courses taught, curriculum, graduation rates, GPA's, student demographics, etc...etc...the only "easy" part is that this is done by every school so it's not a tough challenge. They send that, transcripts, course descriptions, etc.

But yes, it's a challenge for home-school students.

Steve
 
flieger83 said:
Actually, they do. HS Counselors put together a school demographic: courses taught, curriculum, graduation rates, GPA's, student demographics, etc...etc...the only "easy" part is that this is done by every school so it's not a tough challenge. They send that, transcripts, course descriptions, etc.

But yes, it's a challenge for home-school students.

Steve
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can confirm this, I forget if I could see my schools demographic after they submitted it, but I do know for my other schools I could. It also has other things like the percentage of people who are taking AP classes at my school, the average AP score, average GPA of every percentile of student, and breakdowns of % of students doing extracurriculars with school. really interesting to look at all the stat breakdown for my school and gave me more insight on what my standing with the class was.
 
Are they sending curriculum information? I still think they are asking more info from homeschoolers. I didn't know they were asking for course descriptions from school counselors though.
 
USAFA creates school profiles so they can more accurately compare student performance. A Top 10% student where 70% go to Ivy League schools is potentially more impressive than Top 10% in a school with a 50% graduation rate.
 
I was thinking about this earlier. A large number of families with 0 interest in homeschooling are suddenly homeschooling this year. The focus of documentation is usually state requirements.This is going to be a headache when many kids will need course descriptions and book titles from three or more years ago
 
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