Boy’s college search
Boy is a senior this year and in the midst of applying to college. At this point he wants to study economics, but isn’t fully sure of what he plans on doing with an economic degree.
So, as a service to anyone else closing in on dealing with college applications and as a way to keep family/friends aware of the college search status, I thought I’d set up a page detailing his search.
Boy’s list of colleges is much, much larger than most peoples’ because of a nice benefit from Hubby’s job. Namely, he has a chance at getting free tuition for college. Sounds great on the surface, but there are some limitations, and until we get farther along the process, we don’t know if it will come through.
For completeness, I’ll start by reposting this information:
I think I’ve stripped off any personal information, so I can post these.
The transcript: I had been pointed at this Word template a few years ago and even after looking further, it seems like the best general format for us. With some fiddling.
Many colleges ask homeschoolers for course descriptions as well as a transcript. The Indiana DOE has online documents that describe the courses they offer and it’s very, very helpful. With some fiddling.
Here’s what we’ll be submitting.
Boy has 21 schools that he’s applying to.� There’s about a half dozen schools that are his ‘first’ choices.� They are schools that he’d really like to go to for one reason or another and won’t qualify for the tuition benefit.� Needless to say, he’ll need to get scholarships to make them happen.� There are another 3 schools that fall into the back-up category.� They are� local or state-schools and that will reduce costs, but still allow him to get a good education.� And then there are a dozen schools that he feels are adequate for what he is looking for, though not a ‘first’ choice, and where he might be able to get the tuition benefit.
You can find posts about testing and college admissions under the COLLEGE category.
