THIS ISN’T ADDING UP
While I guess this is welcome news, it actually strikes me as a pretty low number:
“Penn State is now considered a homeschool-friendly university,” said Assistant Director of the Division of Admission Services and Evaluations Anne Rohrbach. “With our multi-campus system, many homeschool students find it easy to find a campus that’s close to home where they feel they best fit.”
Rohrbach said that this year, about 65 of the 45,000 applications received were from homeschooled students. She added that while the university does not keep statistics of homeschooled applicants, 65 applicants is about double the number of last year’s applicants.
You think they left off a zero, maybe? Or are HEKs naturally gravitating toward smaller private institutions?
2 Responses to “THIS ISN’T ADDING UP”
 Comment by maryalice April 24th, 2005 at 12:55 am |
From the Dept of Ed data, there would have been approximately 1300 HEK graduating. 65 would be 5%. There are quite a few smaller private colleges in PA and surronding states that pull HEK. Penn State is known as a “party school,” which may also turn homeschool parents away. Many students go to a local branch for 2 years and then transfer to State College, the main campus. Those would not be part of the 65. Bottom line, seems resonable to me. |
 Comment by Quincy April 24th, 2005 at 1:59 am |
I think “about 650” would make a lot more sense since about implies a rounded number, which 65 ain’t. |