by Sarah Martinez
(Austin, Tx)
Finding a scholarship online is really rather simple. This advice seems rather elementary but is what helped me get some quick scholarships that would go on to help pay for textbooks.
by Keyana Guillory
(Laveen, Arizona, Maricopa)
Scholarship hunting can be a growling process for any age group looking to pay off loans or pay for tuition to attend a university. There are ways to ease the pain and time consuming process of finding and receiving the scholarship money in order to pay for those fees that education seeking students are looking for.
One place to start looking for available scholarships is on the university websites. Scholarships are usually easily located in the either the top toolbar or can be searched for in the search engine that is also located at the top. Within the scholarship links there should include multiple opportunities to apply and links that take you to the individual scholarship.
Be sure to take the time to read thought the requirements of each scholarship to make sure that you qualify. You don’t want to waste any more time one that you don’t have to.
When searching for scholarships I have learned it is easier to be very specific because there are tons of scholarships and grants that are given out for various reasons. The different scholarships may be based off the following: left handed, minority, sports, major and much more. These scholarships are the fun ones and some people don’t even know about them, which lead to thousands of dollars going unclaimed each year. Not only can these scholarships be found on the school websites but on website such as Scholarship.com, Fastweb.com, and Cappax.com.
These websites provides scholarship for all and have a bounty of useful information regarding financial aid and how to apply for scholarships and the like. I am personally using these website to obtain scholarships and they constantly updating the websites so that their users are staying connected by having twitter and facebook feeds.
As you can see, these scholarships and grants are everywhere and being advertised for the sake of helping you and potential educate seekers.
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