Johanna

Hello :-)

I have heard that University specifically "look for" unschoolers,
because they learn better. Do you know more about this? Where can I
find something like an advertisement of these Universities? Does
anbody know which Universities accept unschoolers?

Thank you
greetings from Germany

Johanna

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Joyce Fetteroll

On Mar 20, 2007, at 8:00 PM, Johanna wrote:

> I have heard that University specifically "look for" unschoolers,
> because they learn better. Do you know more about this?

I think it's more accurate to say unschoolers' applications tend to
stand out for certain universities. Places like Harvard University
get so many "top" students who've gone through the exact same process
as each other, won the same top honors, performed the same
outstanding service projects that they don't distinguish themselves.
But unschoolers have had unique experiences. Unschoolers who apply
have shown a lot of personal drive in the direction of their
interests. They haven't followed the paths laid out by others.
They've carved unique paths for themselves. They stand out :-)

The lesser colleges and the state colleges who don't get many
unschooling applicants often don't know what to do with their
applications ;-) The colleges are looking for the standard hoops that
applicants have jumped through so they can sort the applications into
"college material" and "not college material". So those colleges tend
to want to see the same old standard proof that they're used to.

Unschoolers can educate them :-) They can help them see the value of
a unique life and education. With the top tier universities and
colleges, unschoolers don't have to. It's already been done for them
by unschoolers years and years ago.

Here's something Deb Cunefare posted a bit ago about unschoolers and
college. You probably saw it but it's worth repeating :-)

> Allison McKee's book "From Homeschool to College and Work" details
> how she
> translated her son's unschooling experiences into transcripts when
> he decided at
> the last minute to go to college instead of pursuing a career as a
> fishing
> guide at Yellowstone. Guaranteed to help see that teens don't need
> to "pursue
> academics" to go to college, and helpful for parents trying to pull
> together
> transcripts from an authentic life.
>
> Wes Beach's book "Opportunities After High School: Thoughts,
> Documents,
> Resources" has sample transcripts written in a wide variety of
> styles granting
> credit for a vast range of real life learning. Some of the
> information is specific
> to CA but most is easily adapted to teens living anywhere. The book is
> available from the Homeschool Association of California www.hsc.org
>
> Don't let the transcript/diploma ride the child. Help him live an
> authentic
> life, in passionate pursuit of his interests, and then if he wants
> to go to
> college help him translate that life into terms the colleges can
> understand.

Joyce

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