[Java3]

I would like to get a scholarship as to get welcomed into college at an inexpensive rate. But yet, I'm terrible at math, good at spelling and language, good at science, but I am homeschooled so I do not know how to get started on a pursuit to get my much-wanted/needed scholarship. HELP!

[Paal_101]

First thing is to go to http://studentawards.com/, its a free online scholarship search engine. It matches your majors/minors in post-secondary with available bursaries, grants, and scholarships. There is a surprising amount of money out there, you just need to look for it. Another thing is to get in contact with universities/colleges you are interested in and see if you can get a pre-enrollment consultation on costs, awards, scholarships etc, etc.

Woe be it on me to ever suggest the military in a time like this (at least the American military ), but that is one way to get a "free" education, at least monetarily.

EDIT: More importantly, being homeschooled do you have your Grade 12 rating from your state/province? Are you from North America or Europe? In Canada, unless you are granted a Grade 12 by the province you have not graduated. You would then have to complete a GED or retake grades 11 and 12.

I fortunately got my diploma by doing correspondence through the Ministry of Education in BC for 4 years. Unless you take the provincial curriculum they will not recognize a homeschool Grade 12, leaving you with a GED.

[Mythos_Ruler]

That site seems to be Canada oriented. Anywhere there is a U.S. site like that?

[Paal_101]

Should be, the site does have some American awards so it is an option, but yes it is for us Canucks I'm not aware of any American sites, for obvious reasons due to my location

[Java3]

I live in Washington state. I am 12 years old but yet I want to start as early as I can. I might want to get into Proffessional Photography or maybe some others that I thought of[can't remember now].

This post has been edited by Java3: 01 May 2005 - 09:39 PM

[EKen132]

I'm currently in the same sort of situation as you-- looking for scholarships, but I'm 16 and attend a currently attending a public school). Next year will be the year for scholarships and applications, but as of right now, I do know that taking the PSAT test, which is typically taken by high school sophomores (I think-- it could be juniors), and doing well of course, can qualify you for a ton of national merit scholarships given out by businesses, some for students of a certain nationality, others on an academic basis, some if one of your parents works for the company, etc.