Quote: "I don't think it would score scholarships."
I don't know, I do a pretty hard Games Technology course at University, and if I'd known it at the time, I could have shown off some of my simple, simple DBP projects and more than likely gotten a scholarship. If you're lucky, there are some companies or government organisations that are literally throwing money at people who apply for it.
As an example, there's a scholarship available for 5 people by the ATO (Australian Taxation Office) specific for my course. There are only 10 people left out of 35 entry (almost at the end of 3rd Year now, moving into Honours next year), and not a single person applied for it. The previous year, 1 person applied for it, so they gave him
two scholarships (ie, $4K instead of $2K).
Look into the scholarships that are available, and apply for everything and anything you can. But only commit to the ones that you want to (some require work after Uni, etc).
As for Uni's/Colleges, I don't know about your area, sorry
