HOMESCHOOL COLLEGE ROADMAP (JUNIOR → SENIOR YEAR)

 


🎓 HOMESCHOOL COLLEGE ROADMAP (JUNIOR → SENIOR YEAR)

📍 JUNIOR YEAR (Right Now – Fall)

Academics

  • Ensure courses align with college entrance requirements
  • Begin organizing a formal transcript

Testing

  • Take a baseline ACT or SAT
  • Identify strengths and gaps

Strategy

  • Decide:
    👉 HOPE only?
    👉 Or HOPE + additional scholarships?

📍 JUNIOR YEAR (Winter – Spring)

ACT/SAT Prep

  • Begin structured prep (not just practice tests)
  • Focus on:
    • timing
    • question patterns
    • score improvement strategy

Testing

  • Take ACT/SAT 1–2 times
  • Start building a competitive score

Opportunities

  • Look into:
    • Dual enrollment
    • CLEP (free college credit options)

📍 SUMMER BEFORE SENIOR YEAR

Testing Push

  • Finalize strongest ACT/SAT score

College Planning

  • Build college list:
    • Safety
    • Match
    • Reach

Scholarships

  • Start identifying:
    • Merit-based scholarships
    • Score-based opportunities

📍 SENIOR YEAR (Fall)

Applications

  • Submit college applications early
  • Submit test scores

Financial Aid

  • Complete FAFSA
  • Track scholarship deadlines

📍 SENIOR YEAR (Spring)

Decisions

  • Compare financial aid packages
  • Choose best academic + financial fit

💡 KEY STRATEGY MOST FAMILIES MISS

Even if your student qualifies for HOPE without test scores…

👉 Test scores = more money + more options

🎯 SIMPLE CHECKLIST

✔️ Transcript ready

✔️ Testing plan in place

✔️ At least 2 ACT/SAT attempts

✔️ Scholarship list started

✔️ Application timeline mapped

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