Taught at home, off to college is new trend

Admissions are up as students shed academic stigma
Monday, May 15, 2006
Jennifer Smith Richards
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
There are nine children in the Taylor family, all of them homeschooled.

And all of them, dad William Taylor says, are college-bound. Elyshia is at Franciscan University of Steubenville now. Ashley was just accepted to Case Western Reserve and Denison universities on full scholarships.

"Colleges started competing for her to come," said Taylor, who lives in Groveport.

Ohio colleges — especially private ones — report that more home-schooled students are applying and being admitted than ever before. Some schools have relaxed their years-old, stringent requirements for home-schoolers to gain admission, now favoring a national admissions test and proof of a rigorous curriculum.

"We’ve seen a tremendous increase," said Nicole Evans, associate director of admissions at Ohio Dominican University.

And the colleges are glad to admit more home-schoolers, she said.

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