College essay on my homeschool experience–Will it work?

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:20:47 +0000

I was homeschooled for the first 2 years of high school, then I decided to finish off my high school career at a public school. I have been brainstorming for possible topics for my college essay and someone suggested that I write one on my homeschool experience. Now that I’m actually attending a school there would be no way that colleges would know I have been homeschooled, unless I tell them in an essay. Do you think it would be a good thing or bad? Do colleges still view homeschooled students with prejudice?

I think the essay would be a good idea. I don’t think colleges view homeschooled students with prejudice. They recruit homeschooled students, as they do schooled students. It would make you seem more unique and you have a unique view of the positives (and negatives) of both your experiences. I would try to focus on the good points of both your homeschooling and schooling experiences.

How do I stop this failing ?

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:20:43 +0000

Hello… I am 19 years old and i am a really passionate physics student in a really demanding university. This is my second year of studies and i decided to post this question as i find myself in a really bad situation mentally. The story goes more or less like that .
For the past 2 years i have been working my ass off and i ve tried to have the best possible performance in what i do however i keep failing in terms of grades. I couldnt and i still cannot understand what is wrong.
My first thoughts were that probably the area of studies that i have chosen is too hard for me, but after a while i disproved this theory ,as after discussion with my physics professor i was told that i had the capacity to make it in this field. To continue my story and in order for you to understand better my agony i would like to explain to you the reasons why studying is such a hot topic in my life. Well as a lot of people i come from a familly that couldnt really afford my studies anywhere in the world not even in my own country so the only alternative for me has been to be the best in what i do in order to be able to have at least a chance of obtaining a scholarship. Having this state of mind for years i have managed to "excel" (based on the social standards of success…) in school and in sport which allowed me to gain a scholarship and a chance, a chance not only for me but also for my familly (which is not really symmetrical as my father passed away when i was young). Moreover i found myself in the first year of a physics bachelor in really good university but also in a very hard one from the aspect that hours of work and course level is skyrocketed comparing to other universities. My reaction to this tough first year was to give my best study night and day and try to understand everything even if everything was in a different language than my mother tongue. Not to say much more i failed almost all of my courses with miserable grades. I continued and finished my year and under university law i was forced to either redo all of my courses or change academic curriculum. I decided that my love for physics and deep understanding was to great for me to give up on the dream that fast so i am now doing my second year of studies . What happens now and what is really the frustating part is that this year i have re-worked i have covered all the wholes in my understanding and perception however even if my grades are better they are not enough. I am now in the typical situation of every university student and i have now exams. Until now i have taken 2 exams and for the two, even though i knew literally everything i managed to probably fail them and lose once more the trust in what i do. I feel like i am really alone in this really contradicting story so that is why i am posting this question. Has anyone been in a situation like this currently or in history ? Does wanting something really much makes you fail at it after all ?? what should i do ?

p.s: thank you fo reading this and taking the time to reply it might help me out a lot but know that i am really passioned with what i do and more than that i am inlove with understanding and creation , i would really like one day to be able to give and help out situations with my work but all of that ambition is slowly fading out .

I don’t really understand this because your "deep understanding" of your chosen major subject matter should not be making it that hard for you to pass or excel — and it either suggests that you’re not as smart as you think you are, and the material is too hard for you to keep up (we all have our weaknesses), and/or that you’re not studying enough…. and to me, that’s the thing, students head off to college doing the same kind of and amount of studying they did in high school and don’t recognize they need to cut out the other distractions and hobbies out of their schedule (like turning off the TV, putting away the video games, and stop spending time online surfing). Lots of kids "think" they study a lot, but they really don’t……….

When I was a freshman a professor told our class –
"If you plan to succeed on this level, you will need to plan on working harder academically than you ever have in your life – so plan on spending at least 3-4 hours working OUTSIDE the classroom (studying, reading, homework, writing papers, research, labs, etc.) for every 1-hour you spend INSIDE the classroom."
The professor was correct.

How does Homescholing work with college?

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:20:39 +0000

I have been doing homeschool since the beginning of the school year, I work about 2-4 hours a day doing math, language arts, history, and science. I have the program switched on school house which is computer software. I am just wondering if I am doing everything correctly.

if you’re doing your work, most times a home schooled child will be as successful, or even more successful than a publicly schooled child. Good luck!

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