I was browsing a forum today and someone asked the question “Does home schooling affect a student’s chances of getting into college?” here is one of the responses.
Home schooling most definitely affects a student’s chances of getting into a good university. In most cases, it improves their chances.
Most home school materials and curricula are designed for use by the parent who is not an expert in every subject. I’m taking Pre Calculus this year, and my mom barely got through high school algebra. We use a home school math curriculum called Math U See. It is a manipulative based program that is intended to make abstract math concepts feel concrete and only introduce one new concept at a time, meaning you don’t go on to arc functions if you still don’t understand how to read a trigonometric table or find the sine, cosine, and tangent of a triangle. One step at a time. It comes with DVD lessons that are being conducted by an excellent teacher who is actually teaching a class but is focused on the purpose of teaching the home schooled viewer. It comes with a very clear student work book and test book with a parent/teacher guide that provides an answer key and walks the parents step by step through helping their child understand the lesson. Ever since we started using this program I’ve been doing GREAT in math, and my mom has been learning along with me. She’s doing great too.
It’s fun to run across such great testimonies.
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