Homeschooling for College Credit: A Parent's Guide to Resourceful High School Planning

This book plus connecting with them via social media will provide an abundance of very valuable information. Be warned that there is a sexist/religious slant even though the information on the book professes otherwise. For example, in the first chapter, it is recommended that parents of girls seriously consider their future "gender roles" of being a mother and homeschooler so their daughters won't waste time and money with med school then the author discusses how she has sons so she has encouraged them to be entrepreneurs because she expects them to support their families one day. As a secular homeschooler who works hard to dispel traditional gender roles I found this difficult to read through. In the end, however, the information is worth it and I recommend the book...just be forwarned.

I have been following Homeschooling for College Credit/Jennifer Cook-DeRosa Facebook page and blog for several years. I have the utmost respect for the homeschooling community, however, my 4 children are attending or graduated from public school. I applied the concepts and strategies to help them maximize credits earned while in high school through AP exams, and more importantly with CLEP exams in the "young adult" phase of 17-20 to increase their success and minimize my cost. Eldest just won a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship for 3 classes at Harvard University Extension School, after earning her associates degree with honors from our local community college (75% earned by AP/CLEP exams). The concepts present can help ALL students--the high achieving and motivated , the self directed learners, those who struggle with learning challenges, those interested in a trade/skill rather than a 4 year university and those considering military options. The research and information is broad and deep explaining the simple and the complex. Even though I was familiar with many of the concepts already from the blog and FB page, I could barely put the book down when it arrived. You do NOT need to be homeschooling for high school credit to benefit from this book--the price is well worth it for any parent in understanding the parts of college that no other "college" book bothers to explain. I have a shelf full of "how to get into college" type of books---they are more alike than different. This book is unique--contains well curated and organized information that is hard to find on your own-- easily worth 10x the price! Bargain at under $20.

I read the first edition of the book and now the second. The second is way better than the first and completely overloaded with si much wonderful information! This will be revolutionary for the homeschool mom who is, like me, teaching a child-student who is in high school, nearing adulthood, and who wants to go to college.If you think the only way for your child-student to get college credit is to go to college or to go to a high school early college or concurrent enrollment class, you are wrong. There are many ways to earn college credit. This book will show you what all of those are, and will break it down so that you can see which ones are more sure ways and which are less likely ways to get credit at the college your offspring will attend. This will teach you how to communicate with college staff so that you can get the correct answers more quickly.This book will help you very much in helping your child-student in getting ready for, knowing what to expect in, and beginning college with you as their guidance counselor. We can to this, moms! This book will help so many homeschool moms, it will be amazing. This book will change what others think about homeschooling and will help people to see homeschooling as a very viable way to do high school, prepare for college, and maybe get some college credit in homeschooling!

To give a bit of background for my review, I am a college professor at a small-liberal arts university. In addition, i am a homeschooling dad. My three oldest children all earned college credit at home before "going to college." In fact, one of my children earned an associates degree at the age of 17. I believe that I have a good grasp of earning college credit in a homeschool program.I just read Homeschooling for College Credit from cover to cover. This book is filled with information on how college credit can be earned INEXPENSIVELY at home. Moreover, parents don't need to have a college degree to guide their children towards earning credit. Even veteran homeschoolers will learn a few things - Jen's research is extremely extensive. For instance, I did not know about NYU's language exams.Moreover, the price of the book is extremely reasonable. For a little under $16, you will find tips that will save you thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars in tuition costs.

This book was highly recommended to me as a homeschool mom. I didn't even read it, just scanned the information in it, and saw nothing that wasn't obvious to me. It has a lot of info on ways to get college credit before graduating high school, but I was already aware of all of it. There's a list of colleges that are "homeschool friendly". I found a basic grammar mistake on the one page I read, so that was a turn off.I'm not saying it's a useless book, but it was useless to me. I am one to do my own research and kind of expected this author to have insights I don't have, but we basically know the same things. Lol. It will save you some research if you've done none.

You absolutely won’t regret buying this book. It is a resource you will underline, highlight, dog ear, and probably spill your coffee on. Jennifer has a servant’s heart and tirelessly provides this information free on her blog and FB page. But the book is a gem because it provides the information in an organized manner all in one spot. Just buy it. 😄 And then join the Homeschooling for College Credit FB group for your state!