Home school students may not be able to play sports for the school team, but they can join a city baseball team during the summer. Often other community organizations offer tennis, dance, gymnastics and sports such as basketball.
Students can look for community theater opportunities. Many communities support community play productions. While performing does look good on home school student's transcript, the student does not need to act in order to add theater to the transcript. A student can become involved as a stage hand, in creating sets, with promotion and working with lighting.
According to eCampus Tours, "Being involved in extracurricular activities shows admissions officers that you are a well-rounded student and that you are good with time management skills."
Those who look at transcripts look for students who are well rounded. Joining scouts turns young men and women into accomplished, well-rounded individuals who face the future with confidence. In scouts, home school students learn any number of practical things, learn how to reach out and work with others and how to excel. Involvement in scouting is one of those extracurricular activities that really look good on a home school student's transcript because involvement in scouts shows initiative and leadership.
Many students find they need more help than they receive during a busy school day. These students need tutors in different subjects to help them understand the material, learn good study habits or study for a test. Home school students have already learned good study habits and can share them with students who need to learn. Home school students can also help younger students learn subjects in which the home school student is already proficient. Tutoring shows a desire to pass on knowledge as well as proficiency in subject matter.
While public school students usually have access to their school library, home school students access the city library. Apart from using the city library for research and information, the home school student can volunteer at the city library. Volunteers return books to the shelves, keep shelves neat and cull books for repair or resale that are too worn to stay on the shelves. Volunteers clean, greet visitors, and read to children. Volunteering at the local library is another extracurricular activity that looks good on a home school student's transcript, showing a love of learning and initiative.
Home school students who reach out beyond their comfort zone to work with those in need are students with transcripts that may get a second look. Home school students can volunteer at a homeless shelter or deliver food. They can work with community organizations to deliver gifts at Christmas.
Colleges look for leadership abilities. Home school students not only attend their church youth group, but take on leadership responsibilities learn how to work with and direct others.
Home school students develop skills in passing on information when they help others. Teaching younger children in Sunday School or other religious education provides opportunities to prepare lessons in advance, teach the lessons and learn to deal with a classroom of wiggly children.