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Is your child taking a college admission test soon? Make sure they know their homeschool code!

When homeschool students take college admission tests, they usually need to provide homeschool codes, called CEEB (College Entrance Examination Board) or AI (Attending Institution) codes. A CEEB/AI code is a standardized ID number that is assigned to a high school, college, or university and issued by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). They are mostly used in college entrance exams such as the SAT® and ACT®, but are also used by the NCAA sports, and sports and academic teams. Here are homeschool codes for tests all in one place for you:

For the PSAT®, homeschoolers are compared with other students within their state rather than the nation, so they use corresponding state codes which the test coordinator will provide. You can learn more about how that works on this webpage from collegeboard. Scroll to the bottom to download the Excel spreadsheet that lists all the state codes.

AP® Test Homeschool Codes are provided by the test coordinator. See AP Exams for Homeschool Students. You may want to call the test administrator in advance, and tell them your homeschooled student is coming in for testing so they are aware.

Here is the good news - the test proctors will know the homeschool code! Don't panic if you forget to write it down, because generally someone in charge can tell you what it is, or they will know how to find the information. Even so, it can put your mind at ease to have these homeschool codes handy!

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