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Check your E-mail notifications
for national scholarships.
Continue to research scholarships. If you haven’t
registered for free national scholarship search services, do
it now. Learn what scholarships are offered by foundations,
clubs, businesses, and organizations and receive e-mail reminders
of when to apply. See your high school counselor for
information regarding local scholarships.
Begin assembling the required document packets (application
forms, letters of recommendation, transcripts, etc.) for scholarships
you will apply for in the next months (see WARNING below).
WARNING! Beware that national scholarships offered by
foundations, corporations, clubs, and organizations are extremely
difficult to win. With each scholarship, your application
and essay must be absolutely great to have any chance of winning. Remember,
even though there are billions of dollars worth of available
scholarships, there are thousands (sometimes tens of thousands)
of student applicants for each major scholarship . . . so the
competition is incredibly tough. The best source of scholarship
and grant money continues to be financial aid from the colleges
themselves and from local scholarships (local scholarships
are from local businesses, your local Elks Club and Rotary
Club, and other organizations).
NOTE: Because
the single best source of scholarships and grants are the colleges
themselves, private colleges and universities are a real option
for high school students who have very little money for college
expenses. Numerous high school students receive enough
scholarship money from private colleges so it is less expensive
to attend a private college than to attend a State school that
gives very little scholarship money.
NOTE: Local
scholarships are less competitive and you can receive several
of them. Receiving multiple
local scholarships can be worth lots of money. |
