Every year, homeschoolers can and DO win the National Merit Scholarship. Have you seen billboards and newspaper articles announcing that a student is a National Merit Scholar? Did you know that those students entered the competition by taking the PSAT/NMSQT®? The National Merit Scholarship is the best-known high school scholarship in the nation, and the […]
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The best preparation for the SAT® or ACT® is a well-educated student who has received quality education covering all the core classes. The worst preparation for high-stakes tests is over-testing, which can beat the love of learning right out of a child. While public education may overuse day to day tests, and multiple standardized testing
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If you’re anything like I was end of my junior year, the college application process is going to hit like a ton of bricks. I knew better than to put off my search, but I did anyway. I waited until nearly the beginning of my senior year to do more than casually look into colleges.
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Do you ever wonder why seemingly rational and prestigious colleges will yearly award millions of dollars of merit-based scholarships to fresh-out-of-high-school, wet-behind-the-ears teens? When our 16- and 18-year-old sons were awarded $184,000 in merit-based scholarships to attend their first-choice university, I have to admit I did. Gazing into the train wreck that was their bedrooms, I
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~ A word from our founder, The HomeScholar Emeritus, Lee Binz ~ This is a chapter from my book, Keys to High School Success: Get Your Homeschool High School Started Right! You can purchase a copy in print or Kindle version on Amazon. Chapter 1 The Love for Your Child Will Ensure Success Sometimes I meet parents
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