High School and Homeschooled Students

As a secondary school or homeschooled student, you can enroll in courses to earn credit toward high school graduation, prepare for college, or study a subject unavailable at your school. No application is required.

A wide range of subjects

We have more than 650 courses in over 60 subjects, including expository writing, foreign languages, math, and biological sciences.

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Online study

Our more than 150 distance education courses, several of which are Harvard College courses, are open to self-disciplined youth from around the world.

Resources on campus

Use the Writing Center, Math Question Center, and the Career and Academic Resource Center, which offers a number of free study-skills workshops.

Undergraduate degrees

Some homeschooled students choose to pursue the Associate in Arts degree as an alternative to high school. You may then apply to traditional undergraduate degree programs as a transfer student or as a freshman with some college experience. You may also earn an undergraduate degree in the Extension School’s Bachelor of Liberal Arts program.

Scholarships

We offer a limited number of Lowell Student Scholarships, which enable middle and high school students in Boston-area schools to take 1 Extension School course in a fall or spring term for undergraduate credit at reduced tuition rates.