While winning a scholarship is great news, winning a renewable scholarship is even better. Unlike scholarships that offer winners a singular award, renewable scholarships offer money over multiple years. (Typically up to 4). This means, if the scholarship award amount is $2,000, the winner might get $2,000 annually for the next four years. A total …
Scholarships Can Expire: Here’s What You Need To Know
Applying for scholarships is an important, must-do part of college prep, but it’s important to note what many students don’t ask: Do scholarships expire? The answer is yes, scholarships can expire. It’s not always obvious if they do, but here’s what you need to know about this reveal. They Can Be “Use It or Lose …
Avoid These 5 Clichés In Your Scholarship Essays
The essay is the most important part of your scholarship application. It’s your scholarship essay that will help you stand out from the thousands of other scholarship applicants. But writing this essay is easier said than done. Many students find this one of the most challenging writing project they have ever worked on. There are …
Myth: Winning Scholarships Lowers Your Award Letter Money, So Don’t Apply For Them!
This myth is only partly true. Winning a government scholarship will lower your award letter money. But this ONLY applies to your award letter money, which are the funds allotted to you by the school you choose to attend. It has absolutely no bearing on the total amount of scholarship money or any other funding …
Benefits to Submitting Scholarship Applications Early
One thing you want to do when applying to scholarships is make sure you’re writing down each award’s individual deadlines. Knowing when they’re due will help you stay on track and create a schedule for the coming weeks. However, you shouldn’t let your applications go down to the wire. There are several benefits in submitting …
How To Find Local Scholarships
Scholarships are the best way to pay for college. It’s a good idea to spend a few hours every week to search and apply for scholarship opportunities. You can find thousands of scholarships being offered by: large and small businesses, non-profit organizations, religious groups, schools, and even individuals. There are national level and even local …
Why You Shouldn’t Apply To Every Scholarship You See
You know there is no limit to how many scholarship programs for college you can apply to. There is also no real limit to the amount of award money you can win. If you’re lucky you could win enough award money to pay your full college tuition. Sounds like a great way to go to …
An Underrated Scholarship Source: Your High School Counselor
Finding and applying for college scholarships is just one of the many tasks you have to complete during your junior and senior years of high school. Luckily, there are people to help! One underrated scholarship source is actually your high school counselor! While they are there to help you choose your high school courses, they’re …
7 Tips For Winning Scholarships
Spending time looking for scholarships to help pay for college is a great idea. But to maximize your efforts, you must implement tips that will help you win those hard-to-get awards. Scholarships tend to get very competitive. Sponsors receive hundreds of scholarship application letters for every scholarship opportunity and they can afford to be very …
Why You Should Write Scholarship Thank You Letters
Scholarships play a key role in helping students reduce their overall debt while working towards achieving their academic goals. Students understand the importance of scholarships and work hard looking for and applying to opportunities to win some free money. Unfortunately, one thing many award recipients fail to do is write a scholarship thank you letter …
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