If your incoming senior is planning a career that requires a degree (our daughter is nursing), then you need to begin the prep NOW! The one application and automatic scholarships at some universities require applications by December 1st. Then, your student is in for a wait to see if they were accepted and then a furious attempt to submit the application for scholarships for each school they’re interested in. Have them do themselves a favor. Apply during the summer. They can then slowly begin the process for scholarships after their first semester of senior year without quite as much pressure. Especially if they’re taking dual credit classes and APs.
Know what is available and what scores are needed. Missouri Department of Higher Education has Bright Flight scholarships. While they’re not as much as they used to be, money for college is so appreciated, especially in a middle class family like ours with 5 kids where only one has chosen a field that doesn’t require a degree. We don’t have money to help all of them so we really can’t help any. The topic of them paying their way through college will have to be a topic for another post.
Back to Bright Flight. They do allow superscores for ACT. Here’s the link if you’re interested. https://dhewd.mo.gov/ppc/grants/brightflight.php. Note that the newest high school grads to be have to scroll down to see the higher requirements. It’s a 32 super by the way 😉
Here’s the trick. If you’re child only has a 31 composite but a 32 super MDHE will not be notified by ACT. ACT only automatically sends your child’s composite scores. If your child received a high enough superscore, you are responsible for paying ACT to send the superscore to MDHE. I spoke to them myself to confirm.
Take those ACTs kids!
