We have graduated 4 children to date. 3 out of the 4 wanted to go on to college. The first one, attended a community college via online classes. (Because she was only 16 when done with school) She was recommended to a 4 yr school by her professor at comm’ty college because she was adv for them. She went on to a 4 yr school and then to grad school . Never was she asked even so much as a transcript (this was in 1996) in NY state…She never took the SAT’s but after her first year of school, her grades were so good, she qualified for lots of scholarships. The next child,wanted to go on to a 4 yr private school in another state (PA) they were very homeschooler friendly, but they did look at his SAT scores which were satisfactory. He was accepted and got scholarships based on his SAT and I believe the rest had to do with his minority status (he is adopted) The next child was very shy about going to a 4 yr school , and went the community college route in NY state in 2006. they had changed some of their requirements by then for homeschoolers, but all they asked is that she would apply for a GED after she finished 20 credit hours. After 2 yrs she transferred to a 4 yr college in PA and they never asked anything..
I think this shows you as someone mentioned above there are lots of options, and you can call school admissions ahead of time to find out their policies. Even if your child enters college without much financial aid, if they do maintain a good GPA there will be scholarships available from that point on. One word of caution, I have heard that it is financial aid that is being more difficult to obtain, that is different than scholarships..
2 of our children that didn’t want to go to college have fared remarkably well in the “world” One married and after having 2 children decided at 30+(she was never homeschooled) that she wanted to go to nursing school. She entered academia and maintained an excellent GPA and was awarded many scholarships for her achievements that she barely has any debt (she just graduated 2 weeks ago, with a straight A ) all this while holding down a job, (her husband had a severe heart attack and they had to file bankruptcy as he was self employed and no longer able to do the physical work, and raising 2 children-talk about stress)My other child, now 31. had a job fall into his lap, with a private business, he has since been promoted to office manager and makes a 6 figure income, no college, no diploma, no GED, …
We still have 2 more at home 14 and 7 (adopted) Our philosophy has changed or should I say become more clear to us over the years.We are not homeschooling our children towards a goal of college. We are aiming to raise godly children for the kingdom, if they believe God has directed them on to college , so be it. But if not, that is fine as well. In providing for their education, we try not to limit their options for the future . I can sum this up and say, but for the grace of God, because when we first started out, we were fumbling along fairly unchartered paths.. and God has provided…
Blessings
Kk