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Admission requirements for home educated students
Thomas Aquinas College has a rolling admissions policy:
as soon as an application is complete, it is placed in line for
consideration by the Admissions Committee. An application includes:
- essay responses to questions posed on the application
form
- three letters of reference, two of which are to be written
by recent teachers*
- results of the SAT I: Reasoning Test or the ACT; the
SAT verbal scores of accepted students generally range from
580 to 800 and math scores range from 520 to 800; composite
ACT scores generally range from 22 to 36
- records of high school and college-level studies. When
high school studies were done through a formal homeschooling
program, the College should be sent an official transcript
from the program. If the curriculum was crafted by parents
or others, a detailed account of subjects studied, texts
used, and books read should accompany an evaluation of the
applicant's performance in specific areas. A personal or
conference telephone interview may also be required by the
Admissions Committee or requested by the applicant. Generally,
applicants must provide evidence satisfactory to the College
that they have completed a home schooling program which
is the equivalent of a college preparatory course.
The breadth of the Thomas Aquinas College application is
well-suited to homeschooled students. It allows them to express
their strengths and potential for our curriculum, and it enables
the Admissions Committee to judge their potential for success
and to place them with appropriate tutors, counselors, and
classmates. Over the years, our homeschooled students have
fared well at Thomas Aquinas College.
* Note: The three letters of reference should include
one letter written by the primary educator as well as at least
one other letter written by someone who has known the applicant
well in an academic or otherwise "intellectual"
area.
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