<p>I am home schooled hence my title but I was just wondering if anyone on here knows that if you are home schooled can you get a scholarship although I doubt it? I just think college is really expensive and I will be the first of my family going in to college which I am really excited to be but I don't know if I will be able to afford it and that scares me so advice anyone?</p>
<p>We are state homeschool leaders and have served on a scholarship committee for many years. I can tell you first hand that homeschoolers win scholarships all the time. In our state, which has several top 30 colleges and universities, in every case the admissions officers told me that they have had homeschoolers win their top full ride scholarship. Challenge yourself in your studies, practice until you test well, and indulge your passions in going deeper than usual in a few extracurricular activities. </p>
<p>Check out the homeschool acceptance thread in the homeschooling area.</p>
<p>They can get scholarships and get good ones. Make sure your transcript is really well done, and then like everyone else, target your schools carefully, get good recs, and write really good essays.</p>
<p>Yes, homeschoolers can get great scholarships for high-school-level and college-level studies. Please note that "scholarship" at some colleges simply means need-based financial aid, which you get based on family income and not based on how you did your high school studies. Third party scholarships (scholarships administered by organizations other than colleges themselves) have a huge variety of application procedures and eligibility criteria, but most are explicitly open to applications from homeschooled students. </p>
<p>I'll move this question to the Homeschooling and College Forum, where it is more on-topic and may get more answers.</p>
<p>where is that forum at I tried looking and I can't find it? but thank you guys and well I live in a place where it has some of the badest schools so i don't want to go anywhere near my hometown</p>
<p>As a homeschooled person, K-12, I never applied for scholarships for college. This is not to say that there are no avenues or resources for scholarship. We simply did not have the resources to pursue such endeavors and our timelines did not provide opportunities to explore them.</p>
<p>When we were prepared to look into appropriate academic choices, we looked at colleges and universities that were homeschool friendly and proceeded to apply to those institutions that offered financial aid based on need.</p>
<p>Three schools offered full financial aid packages. Others offered financial assistance, though not meeting our entire needs.</p>
<p>You need to do your homework, as the field for homeschool families changes year by year. School differ profoundly in how they assess the homeschooled applicant. Several schools have specific applications and even standards by which they look at homeschoolers. Finding the right fit for you will take some doing. </p>
<p>If you feel that you have what it takes academically to apply to the best and you have a balanced resume, you should have a nice time during the admissions process.</p>
<p>wow okay thank you so much xenus that helps alot plus what you said is true I just hate that I might not get a scholarship because I am the one having to pay for my college because my parents aren't going to they don't want me moving away from home and they said they won't do it so I need a scholarship or at least a financial aid package!</p>
<p>You may wish to look at some of the posts related to financial aid. I'm no expert on this, but I think the fact that your parents have decided that they won't pay does not mean that the colleges will increase your aid beyond what they would pay if your parents were contributing the amount the colleges expect. I hope I am wrong on that, but I don't think so.</p>
<p>okay thank you shawbridge yeah I will look into that thread thanks</p>
<p>Make sure your courses are accredited. Fortunately, I was in a public school for 2 years of my high school career, and now all the courses I take are on Virtual School, which are fully accredited. I can get the Bright Futures Scholarship.</p>
<p>If you do a lot of unschooling stuff, where the courses are all based on your own, then you better have the records to show.</p>
<p>Just a btw --</p>
<p>We did no "state-accredited" courses (we are a legal homeschool in our state, though). We did some outside courses, but the majority at home and my ds was offered major scholarships at 8 excellent universities. You do need to keep good records, but scholarships are definitely available to homeschoolers.</p>
<p>I know of quite a few homeschoolers who have gotten generous financial aid offers without an accredited diploma. Homeschoolers need some way of demonstrating their achievements, but it doesn't have to be via accredited high school courses. It could be community college courses, stellar recommendations, great test scores or something else that shows academic promise.</p>
<p>I prefer to take all my courses as accredited. I am also a computer geek kind of guy so Virtual School comes natural to me.</p>
<p>Thanks guys I have been speaking with a couple of schools in my hometown and all of them give financial aid to those in need of it and this reallly good school offered me one with a full scholarship and all I am so happy he said he liked my enthusiasm and he said that he would love to help in any way he could I love it :)</p>