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college // scholarships

How to turn your hobbies into scholarships . 60 weirdest scholarships . Scholarship search spreadsheet template .

college // high school checklist & articles to read (for senior year, but you can do this any time!)

Decide if the ACT or SAT works with you/your plans , and which one you want to take (if you want to take any at all - I didn't take either one and I still got into college. I applied to a jr college, Ivy Tech, and from there went on to transfer to a public university that would have needed my ACT/SAT scores if I'd directly applied there instead. That's definitely an option if you think you won't have good scores, or don't want to go through the testing stress). Read this article  to make sure the subjects you're studying in high school are adequately preparing you for college, as it goes over everything colleges will/won't look at when you apply and turn in your transcript (you don't have to worry about the transcript, Mom will do that for you if you graduated from high school at home. If you graduated from someplace like CEC, they'll send the transcript. I think you just have to email them and tell them what college to send it to). Then, read this h...