Early Graduation and Higher Education

_rentof2
Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:53:16 +0000

What scholarship or financial aid you’ll be available for won’t have anything to do with your age. It will be based either on merit (grades, scores, extracurriculars) or finanacial need, or both depending on the colleges’ own policies.

To get better merit-based aid, look for colleges where your grades and test scores put you in a high bracket of their general admitted students.

Your age shouldn’t have too much bearing at most schools. My daughter started college at 16 too. You may be at a disadvantage at some very selective schools just because you won’t have had the time to develop extracurricular committments to the same degree as typical aged students – many of whom have done rather amazing things outside of school.

But this isn’t something you can control. Apply to a wide range of colleges. You will have some excellent options to choose from when the time comes to accept an offer.