This year May 1st, otherwise known as National College Decision Day, is not the memorable day that it has been in past years. With colleges closed and with uncertainty about what will happen at campuses in the fall, high school seniors may feel that they don’t have much to celebrate. But Simplify does want to […]
Test Optional Colleges for Homeschoolers
Test optional schools are colleges that allow most students to apply without traditional standardized test scores, such as the SAT and ACT. A few years ago, when test-optional started to take off at more and more schools, the policy often excluded homeschoolers. Today, more colleges and universities seem to be reconsidering that exclusion. Here at […]
Welcome to College Confident Homeschoolers
Simplify runs a wonderful and supportive group on Facebook called College Confident Homeschoolers (CoCoH for short) that we would love for you to join. This group is for parents homeschooling teens through high school. CoCoH supports you through all the decisions and worries of the high school years and with college applications. The past week […]
Resources for the Homeschool Parent with a College-Bound Student
Resources for the homeschool parent working through the college application process.
Resources for the Homeschool Parent – College Applications
Looking for resources to help with college application season. Simplify has you covered.
Time to Step Off the Crazy Train
The college admission game can be an overwhelming and crazy pursuit. If you or your teen are overwhelmed by the process, remember there is an other way.
What My Own Children Taught Me About the College Application Process
By Jill Harper 1. Be prepared for a very long, drawn-out process. Realistically the college application period starts in late summer and can go all the way until May 1st depending on what colleges your student applied to and in what round (early action, early decision, regular decision) they applied in. And on the […]