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Some useful links: The CSS PROFILE
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If money is a concern, keep an eye out during your college search for those colleges that guarantee to meet 100% of your financial need -- you can find this information in standard guidebooks such as Peterson's. The offer sounds to some too good to be true, but it means what it says: Whatever you cannot afford to pay will be given you (or loaned). Of course no college takes your word for it, as to what you can or cannot afford; there are standard formulae and forms to fill out. To apply for federal aid, you have to fill out a FAFSA. (Link is off to the left.) It's not really any worse than filling out tax forms. Whatever that means. Some colleges require the CSS Financial Aid PROFILE in addition to, or instead of, the FAFSA. (Link ditto.) It's a longer form, but for a reason: it takes into account expenses (such as younger siblings in private school) that the FAFSA doesn't. The GED used to be required in order for homeschoolers to be eligible for federal aid; this is no longer the case. Scholarships Whether homeschoolers can be eligible for institutional scholarships depends partly on the criteria (specifically, whether GPA is a criterion) and partly on the college's flexibility -- it's their call. Some colleges will award scholarships to homeschoolers without GPAs, even when the scholarship requires a certain GPA (high test scores are crucial here, obviously). The following colleges have done this to my knowledge:
Chestnut Hill College Some college have scholarships specifically for homeschoolers, such as:
Baker College And, while not officially "homeschooler" scholarships, the highest scholarships given by Hillsdale College and Oglethorpe University have in recent years been won with great frequency by homeschoolers, and homeschoolers are encouraged to apply. |