The Harvard Crimson – Sofia W. Tong and Idil Tuysuzoglu
As soon as Olivia S. Farrar ’21 got her driver’s license, the world was her classroom. The freshman, who was homeschooled throughout high school, said she would hop from one cafe to the next, finding new places to complete her online assignments and self-defined projects. Unlike the experience of the vast majority of Harvard students—who come from traditional brick-and-mortar high schools—a small group of undergraduates were homeschooled by their parents or through online courses before coming to college. (more)