Overview: Get the plan for preparing for college so you don’t miss anything and can be confident your homeschooled teen will succeed there. Preparing for college is a big task — but guess what? It doesn’t have to happen all at once. If you have decided that college is a good fit for your homeschooled […]
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Overview: Hear the truth about all the types of financial aid for college as they apply to homeschoolers. How to get them and what to expect! In this episode, I give you the real facts about types of financial aid for college as they apply to homeschoolers. I share stories from our personal experience preparing
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Overview: This college supply list recommends only what your student will REALLY need and use, based on experience with five college kids. Save money! I remember the summer before the eldest’s freshman year of college. She is a researcher and a planner, and on the internet somewhere, she found a list of “what every freshman
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Overview: Is college the best option for your teen? Evaluate these indicators in order to make a fully-informed decision. We outright told our fourth kid he was definitely NOT going to college after high school graduation. He basically didn’t have a choice in the matter; he would be staying home, at least for a while.
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Overview: As homeschoolers our teens may not know how to prepare for college socially and emotionally, but you can guide them with these tips. Knowing how to prepare for college academics may seem easy compared to whether your homeschooled teen will be ready socially and emotionally. I’ve sent four kids off to college and have
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Overview: “Should I go to college?” is a common question for a teen — and for their parents. Use these thoughts to help decide if it’s a good fit for YOUR teen. College student: “Mom, my midterm was today.” Me: “Yea, how did you do?” College Student: “I don’t know. I didn’t even know it
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Overview: Preparing for college as homeschoolers may seem daunting. With these suggestions from a veteran homeschool mom your teen will be ready! (Text may include referral links.) I’ve sent four kids off to college based on the courses listed on their homeschool transcript. Two graduated — one of those went on to get her Master’s
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Overview: Helping our homeschooled teens prepare for college writing can seem intimidating. Misti Lacy from WriteShop is here to help with her wisdom! Ack, not only can it seem scary to work on high school writing with our homeschooled teens, but to prepare them for college level writing is even more frightening. We don’t want
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Making a transcript for your teen IS not really that complicated. But just in case you’re worried, in this episode we discuss everything you need to focus on to make an impressive homeschool transcript. If you listen to this episode as well as the previous episode, #49, you’ll have a full picture of what a
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It’s almost more important to know what a homeschool transcript is NOT, rather than what it IS, because many are confused about what goes on there. When you know what it is NOT, it’s much less intimidating to think about and do! In this podcast episode I debunk much of the conventional wisdom you’ll hear
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