Scholarships and TESC

[HorseManiac]

Unfortunately, I don't have any advice on the TESC scholarships. As you've already read, scholarships can have seemingly random requirements and can be extremely competitive.

My advice would be to focus on local scholarships, maybe related to your interests or hobbies. For example, your name is horsemaniac (not your real name...I hope!), maybe you can do a search on scholarships for people interested in riding or cold call/write a local equestrian club. You have a verse from Galatians in your signature, maybe you can try your local house of worship. There are scholarships available for everything from being left-handed to being tall (maybe even being home schooled?)

Create a basic form letter explaining your interest(s) and your goals. Modify as necessary and send it to as many smaller organizations as practical. Some scholarships aren't really advertised. You already have some college credit so that demonstrates your commitment to graduating. These scholarships may not be thousands of dollars, and can take a lot of time and effort, but they can add up.

Muricles,

Thanks for your advice. It makes a lot of sense. I took your advice and looked up some local scholarships. I did find quite a few, but the problem I have with them is that you have to attending a college within my state and none of the Big 3 are in my states. I did find one local one however that I think will work. I even asked about the fact that I won't be "attending" a college and they said to go ahead and apply. That one must be done once you are enrolled though. Haha, it's funny you mention about being tall because I actually found one for tall people, but I missed the height requirement by about 1 1/2"!! I was able to find a few distance learning scholarships so I'm definitely going to go for those.

Thanks again for your suggestions! And yes, I'd be thankful to even receive a couple hundred dollars. I'm sorting through some that I found and trying to decide if they are worth the work depending on competitive they are, how many they give out, etc. I'm thinking that already having college credit won't matter. My mom and I put a transcript together like my high school one that lists all my college credits so if they ask for a transcript then they'll know.