
Hello. We think we know you. You are a good student, maybe even a great or fabulous student. You are looking forward to going to college. Or, more likely, you are in your senior year and getting organized for the full court press of getting into the college of your choice and getting the financial aid you need to be sure you and your family can afford this next step of your education.
It’s pretty exciting and more than a little nerve-wracking. You’re already dealing with the pressures of your high school career and they are significant, we know. The process of getting ready, getting into and paying for college is a very big extra project in your already crowded life.
You may be reading this website because you’ve already concluded that you will apply for scholarships. Or, the question of whether or not to apply for scholarships may not have an obvious answer for you yet. Either way, it’s sensible to read our website and get the facts about scholarships as well as the best advice we can offer about how to succeed in winning scholarships.
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Sallie Mae's search combines superior search technology with highly accurate scholarship information to provide students and parents with a customized list of scholarship leads.
You already know that the college admissions process is ultra-competitive. Many top colleges routinely reject valedictorians, athletes and other top students - accepting less than 20 or even 10 percent of their applicants.
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Scholarship Websites
BrokeScholar
www.brokescholar.commore than 900,000 scholarships worth over $3 billion. Personalized calendar and keyword search; helpful
Collegenet/Mach 25
www.collegenet.comThe Mach25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion. Allows key word search; nice feature
Collegeview www.collegeview.comThis site provides a scholarship directory so you can brows as well as search; a nice feature. Very good financial aid explanations.
Club Scholarship
www.Clubscholarship.comPart of the Collegiatefunding.com network, and lists more than 500,000 awards.
EduPrep
www.eduprep.comMaintains a data base of more than 2.5 million awards; offers an essay writing course.
GoCollege
www.gocollege.com600,000 scholarships from more than 8,000 funding sources; includes info on distance learning
Hispanic Scholarships
International Education Financial Aid
www.iefa.orgSpecializes in scholarships for international students and study abroad.
Scholarships101www.scholarships101.comData base containing more than 600,000 awards; fascinating story about a committed guidance counselor; worth a look
Scholarships.Com
www.scholarship.comLooks like there’s good info on site. Must register to access.
SRN Expresswww.srnexpress.comA database of over 8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students worth a total of more than $35 million!
WiredScholar/SallieMaewww.wiredscholar.comover 2.4 million scholarships worth over 14 billion dollars, and is expanded and updated daily. Provided by SallieMae, federal loan group
How many of these sites should you use? You can be obsessive and try to use them all. A more reasonable alternative might be to pick five or six that seem most suitable and go for it.
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