A number of homeschool students prepare to join regular colleges after they finish K-12 in the homeschool classroom. The parents are usually helping them to find a college and courses that will best suit their interests and needs. Most colleges are happy to take in homeschool students as they are self motivated learners who genuinely want to know more about whatever class they are taking. Some even have special counselors who help them through the admission process. This makes it easy for homeschool students with updated transcripts to get into colleges of their choice.

However there is a growing trend where homeschooled students in regular colleges feel unsatisfied. Having become used to learning at their own pace and in as much depth as they wish to, they don’t feel that college is helping them learn things that they couldn’t have picked up on their own. The joy of learning is lost for these students as they are forced to follow a stricter pattern of assignments and submissions. Not to mention the additional financial expenses that their parents have to undertake to ensure that the students get admission to a good college.

More homeschool students are looking at options besides regular college in order to gain their undergraduate degrees. They take up online courses from colleges offering credits on them. This allows them to stay at home and work on their studies while pursuing something else on the side. They could take up a part time job or even work on getting enough credits to graduate early. This work is supplemented with regular homeschool college sessions with the homeschool teacher.

Another option is taking courses at a local community college. Again this works out less expensive and if the course is not interesting enough, the students are not enrolled in a year long process. They can quit any time that they want to. Switching to another course that they feel that they would enjoy better. This affords them greater flexibility while not becoming a huge financial drain on their parents resources. No wonder the number of homeschool college graduates is on the rise.