[wintertime]

but it is gonna take accredited advanced courses in math and the sciences to get you into a real major. (Servant of the 9)

To Servant of the 9,

Geeze! All those homeschoolers who are excelling in their university math and the sciences courses would disagree with you.

My own homeschooled kids never went to high school. They were accepted to college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13, without a single science course of any kind. Forget about accredited. Two graduated with B.S. degrees in math at the age of 18. (Plenty of heavy duty science in that major) One just finished a masters degree in math at the age of 20. The oldest majored in accounting.

The most elite and competitive universities are taking note of homeschoolers like mine ( with their entirely unaccredited pre-college science education) and eagerly recruiting and accepting them.

[Ichneumon]

My own homeschooled kids never went to high school. They were accepted to college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13, without a single science course of any kind.

Er, are you saying that they haven't been taught any science whatsoever? If so, that's disturbing.

[phantomworker]

You know, I think you might be right about being accepted to competitive universities where once they weren't. But saying they never took a science class is misleading. Of course someone had to teach them science. A "class" is not necessary. There can be a class of one.

It's just that in class of > 1, there is more interaction and the opportunity for more stimulating conversation.