Earlham College Top Questions

Don't think you have to settle for a big public state university. Check out smaller schools and smaller programs. And don't think that just because you failed Chemistry your freshman year of high school that no one will ever accept you. I did, and Earlham wanted me so badly they paid for over half of my tuition. Hold old for the school that's right for you. Do your research and prove to them you're the student they've been looking for.

As a homeschooled student, the best advice I can give is to homeschoolers: find a school that non-traditional. Unless the student really wants the formal learning experience, I highly recommend finding a school that doesn't give grades, allows students to design their own major easily, does only one class at a time, etc. Try to get a feel for how flexible the school is in doing things a little outside the norm. The hardest thing for me (and one of my other homeschooled friends at my college) was adjusting to being told how to learn (what classes I have to take when, doing busy-work homework, etc.), when, as self-dictator of my own education for 10 years, I already knew perfectly well how to do it. I resented conforming to what the school said my learning cycle should be, and I resented that I had so much homework that I couldn't properly pursue my own interests. Even in classes I enjoyed, I only barely had time to complete all my homework anyway, let alone going deeper into a subject. So I suppose to summarize: find a place that mimics the homeschool style/values of learning.

First of all I would tell students to make sure their grades are up to part and that they begin to work on scholarships to attend college. Study Study and more study is the key to getting into the college of their choice