Being in High Honors classes in High School really helps to get a grant/scholarship?

Question

My daughter is going to High School in August, all eight grade year she got 4.0gpa. I want her to apply for High Honor classes in High School but she doesn't want to because she says that her grades might go down. What do you think should I just sign her for High Honor classes or should I respect her decision. If she goes to High Honor classes will it help her more to get a grant/scholarship or not really?

Answer 1

Which classes you take won't affect any need based scholarships, and any decent merit based scholarships know the difference between a B in an advanced class and an A in an "easy A" type class.  School is there to provide her with an education, and her top goal should be to get the most out of it that she can -- most likely the "harder" honors classes will do a better job at actually educating her.

Answer 2

Federal grants are not merit based at all, they are all need based. There are tons of merit based scholarship, but to be honest, you probably have a better chance at winning the lottery then winning a huge scholarship. Tens of thousands of students apply for most of the big scholarships and few win. However, people do win.

Answer 3

Hello how are you? Yes it does increase your chances of getting scholarships. But what I suggest that you do is use a scholarship search. A scholarship search allows you to create a profile and receive information for all the scholarships that you are eligible to apply for based on your profile description. Scholarshipsupport.com actually has 2 free scholarship searches available right now. I hope this helps. Good Luck!

Answer 4

ANYTHING you can do to set her apart from the thousands of similar students is a plus.  You have to work harder, but it will pay off.  It depends on where she wants to go, and she should apply to a few schools.  You can always ask their admissions departments what they like to see.  In fact, the 'big' schools will tell you, or you can see it on blogs, reports, and so on.

It may be that only a High Honor student can be valedictorian, etc., so that may be worth checking.

What is her goal for college?  That will weigh heavily.  Ivy league?  Do it, put in the extra work to get the 4.0, while she does massive extracurriculars.  Decent state University?  May not matter.  Small college?  I'd ask the college directly.