Info for Homeschool Students
Why chooseLyon for homeschoolers?
Lyon College recognizes the potential possessed and readiness demonstrated by most homeschooled students to engage in a very rigorous, traditional liberal arts education. Often homeschoolers are among the best and brightest of our students, and we want you to know just how welcome you are here.
Individual emphasis
Lyon classes are geared toward small groups, individual attention, and group discussion. With an average class size of 15, a student-teacher ratio of 14:1, abundant seminar courses, directed studies (1-2 person individualized classes), and faculty members who truly love teaching individual students, Lyon will be a much easier transition for most homeschool students than many other, larger institutions.
How to Apply
Often homeschoolers worry about college applications processes. Our goal at Lyon is to make the process as easy for homeschoolers as possible. For most homeschool students the process is simple and the bullets below can guide you.
- Apply online through theLyon Application orthe Common App for first-year students.
- Send a homeschool transcript (guidelines and examples below)
Homeschool Transcripts
As required of all applicants, we will need a complete transcript of all your high school work for ninth through twelfth grades. An umbrella home-school organization or the teaching parents may submit your transcript to us. Your transcript should include
- Years of study
- Course titles
- Letter grades
- Credits
- Grading scale
- Cumulative GPA
- Graduation date
Below are resources that you are welcome to use if they are helpful to you.
Dual Enrollment in College and Home-School
If you are completing any dual-enrollment courses (college-level courses that you want to use for both high school and college credit), please indicate the name of the college on your Application for Admission. Your dual enrollment coursework should be included on your high school transcript. To determine transfer credit, we will also need an official college transcript.
Recommended Curriculum
We strongly recommended applicants take a challenging curriculum in the twelfth grade, including mathematics and sciences courses. Your high school curriculum should include at least 15 units, with each unit representing one year of satisfactory work in a particular subject. We recommend that your units be distributed as follows:
- English: 4 units
- Math: 3 units
- History or social studies: 3 units
- Natural science: 3 units
- Foreign language: 2 units of the same language