Sonlight College Scholarships for Homeschoolers
Congratulations to the 2025 recipients! Sonlight's scholarship winners are one of many reminders that homeschooling is an excellent educational option. You can read about all of our scholarship winners on our blog.
Whether you’re new to homeschooling or have been studying with Sonlight for some time, we’re in this journey with you for the long haul. We share your desire to help your children succeed and we’ll walk alongside you to help you create the long-term educational experience you envision.
Sonlight's goal is to provide the best Christian homeschool curriculum materials and service. We are privileged to offer scholarships for homeschoolers entering college or a university. Eligibility for college scholarships is one of the many SonlightCares™ benefits.
Click here to meet our 2025 winners.And check out the Where Are They Now? stories to see past winners and the difference they are making in the world.
Sonlight Curriculum, Ltd.'s charitable foundation sponsors an annual competition for college scholarships. Scholarships are typically awarded as follows: one $5,000/year, four $2,500/year, and eight $1,000/year four-year scholarships for students who intend to begin college in the fall after graduating high school.
To be eligible for a scholarship award, we require applicants to have purchased and used a minimum of five (5) full Sonlight Curriculum History / Bible / Literature programs (may include All-Subjects packages or, from previous years, Core, CorePlus™, CoreUltra™, "Basic," "First-Time" or Newcomer packages), all purchased in 2000 or later.
We offer scholarships based on two different sets of criteria.
You may apply to meet either the Green or Blue set, but not both.
1 Green Criteria
We award up to four scholarships where mission mindedness, acts of kindness, spiritual mindedness, and other factors count more highly than academics. Two $2,500/year and two $1,000/year four-year scholarships may be awarded in this category based upon the following weighted criteria, in order of the greater weight to the lesser weight:
- mission mindedness or acts of kindness
- spiritual mindedness
- creativity
- leadership
- academic performance
- heart for learning
- activities and interests
2 Blue Criteria
We will award up to nine scholarships in which academics are the greatest weight in our selection. For at least two of these scholarships, we will give added weight to applications from applicants with math or science backgrounds. One $5,000/year, two $2,500/year, and six $1,000/year four-year scholarships may be awarded in this category based upon the following weighted criteria, in order of the greater weight to the lesser weight:
- academic performance
- spiritual mindedness
- leadership
- creativity
- mission mindedness or acts of kindness
- heart for learning
- activities and interests
We encourage you to contact us in September or after to verify eligibility, as this may save you considerable time and avoid unnecessary aggravation. You may either send an email to scholarship@sonlight.com or call 800-903-1675 and ask for the scholarship coordinator.
Catch up with past Sonlight Scholarship recipients in these episodes on the Sonlight Connections Podcast!
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Even if you've homeschooled for a while, homeschooling high school students can feel like an entirely new endeavor. We hear from many parents that fear they are not equipped to handle the more difficult subject matter of upper grades. Or that they will ruin their children's chances of getting into college if their plan for high school isn't perfect.
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Professors love homeschoolers! Yet even today, although homeschooling has been mainstream for quite some time, many parents remain concerned about the ability of homeschool students to succeed in higher education.
In most homeschool families, the focus is on learning, not just school. This gives home-educated students an advantage in college. What’s the difference between learning and school? Learning is a lifestyle, while school is something you have to get through. This emphasis on learning, and other traits many homeschool graduates have in common, makes homeschool students ideally prepared for the college classroom.
- Homeschooled Students Have Excellent Independent Study Skills
- Homeschooled Students are Self-Disciplined and Self-Motivated
- Homeschool Students View Learning as Collaborative, not Us Versus Them
- Homeschooled Students Have Time to Develop Extracurricular Interests
Learn more about each trait on our blog.
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Does the thought of homeschooling in high school overwhelm you?
Transcripts, college prep, algebra...it’s enough to make anyone nervous. But, you can do this, and you can raise diligent, critical-thinkers ready to launch into college and beyond.
Check out our complete video playlist dedicated to navigating the high school years as a homeschooling parent.
Whether you have a high school student now or are looking ahead, in these free videos, you'll get advice from those who have been there before. And you'll even hear from students who have graduated with Sonlight!
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Creating a high school transcript is not as hard as you might think. Download this free homeschool high school transcripts resource and discover what a transcript is, how to prepare one, and what credit you might offer for your children’s high school studies. You'll get thorough instructions for turning four years of homeschool education into a simple page, an advertisement of your student's accomplishments.
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