Homeschooling High School: Planning Ahead for College Admission (New and Updated) [Paperback]

Jeanne Gowen Dennis (Author)

Book Description

Series: New and Updated | Publication Date: April 1, 2004

Homeschooling High School is your comprehensive resource for the crucial high school years. Find answers to your questions about grading scales, diplomas, prerequisites, entrance exams, financial aid and scholarship eligibility, application procedures...all while reaching your family's ideal balance between automony and accountability in your home high school.

*Simplify record keeping, transcript preparation, and the search for the perfect college with reproducible forms and step-by-step instructions.

*Explore strategies for teaching difficult courses such as composition and laboratory sciences.

*Draw from expansive research of textbooks, internet sites, reading list, curriculum providers, and more more.

An essential resource guide including helpful tables, forms, and charts as well as valuable information and support for families preparing to send their home schooled children to college.
Reading lists, reproducible forms, and record-keeping charts.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Wise counsel and realistic suggestions. . .from someone who has already faced the challenges, learned from her successes and failures, and developed a strong desire to impart what she has learned." --Michael Farms, Founder & President, Patrick Henry College, Chairman & General Counsel, Home School Legal Defense Ass.

"Easy to read, no-nonsense, logically organized, and a new 'must have' for those contemplating, as well as those already immersed in, homeschooling." --Dr. Geoffrey Gould, Director of Admissions, Binghampton University (SUNY)

"By thoroughly researching the questions she has addressed in this book, Dennis has been able to produce an extremely helpful book that is simultaneously inspirational and practical." --Cathy Duffy, Author of "The Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual"

About the Author

Jeanne Gowen Dennis and her husband, Steve, live in Colorado, where they homeschooled their daughter, Christine, through high school into a successful college experience.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Emerald Books; 2 Rev Upd edition (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932096116
• ISBN-13: 978-1932096118
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Resource for Homeschoolers, September 7, 2000

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Terrie Bittner (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homeschooling High School: Planning Ahead for College Admission (Paperback)

I jut reviewed a copy of this book for my column and was thrilled with it. It is designed for Christian homeschoolers, but you need not be a Christian to benefit from the wisdom found in this book. It is another of the rare books that approaches homeschooling honestly. The author has interviewed large numbers of admissions people at colleges, and their findings are given to you without doctoring. You can't fight the misconceptions or concerns of colleges unless you know what they are.

Not only does this book offer reading lists, suggested topics to cover in courses, and lists of materials for science, but the author offers a collection of forms that is invaluable. I simply printed out the forms in her book for easy organization of the work my children are doing this year. She has time sheets, reading logs, and most importantly, a transcript. I've always wondered what a professional transcript was supposed to look like. There are many other forms as well.

This book leaves nothing to chance. I feel certain that any homeschooler using this book will have no difficulty getting a child into college.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Manual For Homeschooling High School, September 28, 2000

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Rachelle Bigger (Corvallis, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homeschooling High School: Planning Ahead for College Admission (Paperback)

Jeanne Gowen Dennis has written a complete manual for both the parent considering homeschooling high school and parents in the midst of home educating their teenagers. Dennis did her research surveying hundreds of college admissions staff. She doesn't hesitate to share the negative as well as the overwhelmingly positive feedback she received. Helpful to the parent unfamiliar with the world of transcripts, curriculum, and college admissions, will be the helpful lists, as well as sample forms. Both practical and inspiring, Homeschooling High School is a book sure to pulled off the shelf repeatededly by homeschooling families. As a homeschool graduate and former Admissions Counselor, I would make it a must-read for any family endeavoring to home educate their children at any age.

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A versatile reference for homeschoolers, February 9, 2001

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Geoffrey Gould (Vestal, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homeschooling High School: Planning Ahead for College Admission (Paperback)

I was asked to review Jeanne Dennis's book by the publisher because of my interest in helping home schoolers. I've seen the range of questions and concerns home schoolers have shared with each other through email lists and web sites. I feel the book provides many practical ways to systematically prepare for admission to college. As a veteran college admissions officer, I'm glad this book is available for the rapidly growing number of home schoolers forging their paths to college with great independence.