One more time, all together now, “Thank you for the internet!”. The internet saves enormous time and expense by allowing you to access websites specifically designed to help scholarship seekers, visit scholarship websites to learn more about the judging, and, in some cases, apply for scholarships on-line. Not surprisingly, the Internet also presents a number of opportunities to spend money without result. This page discusses the good, the bad and the ugly on the web.
Scholarship Websites
Absolutely Scholarships
www.absolutelyscholarships.com
data base of more than 200,000 awards. Features its own $10,000 scholarship
BrokeScholar
www.brokescholar.com
more than 900,000 scholarships worth over $3 billion. Personalized calendar and keyword search; helpful
College Board
http://apps.collegeboard.com
2,300 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $3 BILLION in available
Collegenet/Mach 25
www.collegenet.com
The Mach25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion. Allows key word search; nice feature
College Scholarships
www.CollegeScholarships.Com
Groups scholarship by interest; includes middle school and high school awards
Collegeview
www.collegeview.com
This 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.com
Part of the Collegiatefunding.com network, and lists more than 500,000 awards.
EduPrep
www.eduprep.com
Maintains a data base of more than 2.5 million awards; offers an essay writing course.
GoCollege
www.gocollege.com
600,000 scholarships from more than 8,000 funding sources; includes info on distance learning
Hispanic Scholarships
www.HispanicScholarship.com
data base of scholarships for Hispanic students.
International Education Financial Aid
www.iefa.org
Specializes in scholarships for international students and study abroad.
International Scholarships
www.internationalscholarships.com
International scholarship listings
Military
http://www.military.com/Education/ScholarShip/newsearch
Scholarships specific to current and former military personnel.
Nationally Coveted Scholarships and Fellowships
www.scholarships.kachinatech.com
Limited undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral awards.
Pacific Northwest Scholarship Guide
http://fp2.adhost.com/collegeplan/scholarship/default.asp
Search by category or key word
Scholarships101
www.scholarships101.com
Data base containing more than 600,000 awards; fascinating story about a committed guidance counselor; worth a look
Scholarships.Com
www.scholarship.com
Looks like there’s good info on site. Must register to access.
SRN Express
www.srnexpress.com
A 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!
StudentAwards
www.studentawards.com
U.S. and Canadian scholarship data bases.
The Scholarship Page
www.scholarshippage.com
Small search capability
WiredScholar/SallieMae
www.wiredscholar.com
over 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 suita
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