<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I'm 16 years old. I graduated last year from high school with a diploma equivalent by taking the California High School Proficiency Exam. I attend my local community college and plan to transfer to a four year university in Spring '13 I currently have 24 transferable units and will have 35 at the end of the Fall semester. I would like to earn a Bachelor's of Business degree and would also like to enroll in an entrepreneurship program or something similar. My family earns over 80,000 a year so it's hard to get financial aid but there is no way I can go to college without financial aid or scholarships so I was wondering 1) if my age and academic achievement make me more valuable to colleges, enough so to get significant scholarships, and 2) what scholarships would be good for me to apply for? (I do not want to take out any loans.)</p>
<p>If anyone else is/was in a similar situation and they have any advice, that would be great too</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated!</p>
<p>It’s unfortunate that you went to a CC before a 4 year. It’s more difficult to get good scholarships when you’re not an incoming frosh. I know that’s frustrating, but schools are more generous to students who come from high school and aren’t transfer students.</p>
<p>You need to find some of the few schools that give good aid to transfer students. Try USC and Cornell.</p>
<p>I started taking classes at CC freshman year and had already amassed a decent amount of credits so that’s why I decided on transferring…</p>
<p>I think it is great that you continued where you started, however mom is correct in that you will not be offered as much aid. The truth is though that it will probably work out to your advantage in the end because you are not going off to college too early (it is tough being the youngest one around) and you will have saved your parents some money because of the CC strategy.</p>
<p>Make an appointment with the transfer counselor at your CC, and ask about this. He/she should be able to tell you where students have transferred in recent years and which colleges/universities offered them merit-based scholarships. The most common ones that I know of are those offered to CC graduates who are members of Phi Theta Kappa.</p>
<p>There is a useful thread on this topic in the Transfer Forum. You may have to scroll through a couple of pages to get to it, but it is there.</p>
<p>Happymom,</p>
<p>I just spoke with a counselor yesterday it was probably the most worthless half hour of my life. The woman was of no help at all. That’s why I posted on here…</p>
<p>Hungry…</p>
<p>since you will be a transfer student, your financial options may be limited.</p>
<p>1) Talk to your parents about how much they can contribute. Try to get a figure.</p>
<p>2) What state are you in?</p>
<p>3) What state schools can you commute to?</p>
<p>4) Have you ever taken the SAT or ACT?</p>
<p>5) Have your parents use an online FAFSA calculator to determine your likely EFC.<br>
If your family earns over $80k per year, your EFC may be something like $13k-20k depending on assets and family size.</p>
<p>6) If the amount that your family can pay is less than what your EFC will be, that will be a problem. Scholarships will not reduce your EFC unless you go to a school that costs less than your EFC or you get such huge scholarships that the $ covers all of need and cuts into EFC…not likely as a transfer student.</p>
<p>[Transfer</a> Scholarships :: | The University of New Mexico](<a href=“http://scholarship.unm.edu/scholarships/transfer-scholarships.html]Transfer”>http://scholarship.unm.edu/scholarships/transfer-scholarships.html)</p>
<p>Scholarships for Transfers Both NM residents and Out-of-State Residents!! Scroll down for OOS</p>
<p>Kat</p>