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Home-school students draw rising college interest in Missouri
In Columbia Missouri Columbia College actively recruits home schooled students like Sara Kianmehr a 19 year old junior who found the school welcoming and flexible about transcripts From outreach including direct mailing lists to targeted admissions web pages the college aims to capture a growing pool of home schooled applicants Many institutions acknowledge these students are well prepared and academically capable The article notes a small cohort at Columbia College about a dozen full time undergrads out of 1000 and highlights a first year student Magdalene Pride who earned over 50 community college credits and won a four year scholarship priced at 12414 annually Pride credits the openness of the campus and the advocacy of student ambassadors for her decision