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 …
Do’s And Don’ts: Searching For Scholarships
Scholarships are a fantastic source of free money to help pay for college. So how do scholarships work? Understanding is the key to making the most of the many scholarship opportunities available. How Do Scholarships Work? Scholarships are financial aid awards offered by different organizations to help students fund their college education. These organizations range from …
How Small Scholarships Can Add Up
Applying to scholarships can be a time-consuming task. You have to first search for opportunities that you qualify for and then put together a customized application that meets all the specifications. When you consider the time and trouble that it takes to put it all together, you may wonder whether it is worth it at …
Chatting with Scholarship Winner Brennan Ryan!
I had the chance to chat with our most recent $2,500 scholarship winner—Brennan Ryan—about his college journey, search process, and the advice he’d give to young college-bound students! Here’s what he had to say: Tell us a little about yourself! My name is Brennan Ryan. I’m currently in my fourth year of a five-year program …
How to Take the Stress Out of the Scholarship Search
During your senior year of high school, you’re already under a ton of stress. Between classes and college applications and maybe even a job, you have a lot going on. Add on the scholarship search and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Thankfully, there are ways to take the stress out of the scholarship search. Try …
How To Set Scholarship Goals
Looking for and applying to scholarships is hard work and can take up a lot of your time. While the time you spend and the effort you put in towards scholarships may be well worth it, you cannot afford to neglect everything else. You still need to keep time for completing your high school assignments, …
How To Take Advantage of National Scholarship Month
Did you know November is National Scholarship Month? This is a great time to apply for some awards you qualify for to get some extra money towards your college education. November is actually the month when many organizations are opening their doors to scholarship applications, so it makes perfect sense to have this awareness month …
Why You Should Apply To Renewable Scholarships
Ideally, you should apply to any and all scholarships that you qualify for, whether they are one-time or renewable. Winning any scholarship is cause for celebration – it’s free money to put towards college and reduces your overall student debt by the award amount. The Appeal of Renewable Scholarships What makes renewable scholarships particularly …
How to Make Your Scholarship Application Stand Out
Just like college applications, you have to make a good first impression with scholarship applications. There will be a lot of others competing for the same award so you want to give yourself your best chance. Here are some ways to make yourself stand out in your scholarship applications. Apply To The “Good Fits” Although …
3 Things To Know Before Accepting A College Scholarship
Winning a scholarship award may seem like the solution to all your college funding problems. It is free money after all. How could anything be better than that? Sure you have to work hard to beat the competition to win the scholarship, but considering you do not have to pay it back, it’s worth it, …
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