It has come to light that colleges are accepting more and more homeschool students these days. Is this because a larger number of home school students are looking to join regular college nowadays or because it is relatively easier for home schooling students to be accepted in to regular college these days? We don’t know for sure, but here’s what we do know. Colleges love homeschool students for the following reasons.
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High Test Scores
A study based on standardized test results of students including 5,402 homeschool students was completed in 1997. Statistics based on the study have revealed that irrespective of demographics, homeschool students perform better than public school students on standardized tests in all subjects. They tend to be higher by 30 to 37 percentile points in results than regular school students.
Self-discipline for completing work
Homeschool students have a lot more self discipline when it comes to completing their work. Being used to working on their own they do not need as much monitoring as a student from a public school would need to complete given assignments and project work. This ensures that they become the college professors pets without doing anything different than following the way that they have been taught to gain education.
Can join college much younger
In addition to doing really well on standardized tests as compared to their peers in public schools, on an average homeschool students have the advantage of being able to meet the graduation requirements by the time that they are 16 years old. This makes it possible for them to go to college at a much younger age than a public school student due to the composition and flexible nature of homeschooling. The younger they reach college the more time and energy they can give to their education before setting off to start their careers.
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