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From USA Today below are their top "best" sites to search for scholarships. (Click any one below or go to the full article here for more details about each one.)
PETERSON’S UNIGO FASTWEB CAPPEX CHEGG NICHE SCHOLARSHIPS.COM COLLEGENET.COM SCHOLARSHIP MONKEY (no longer active page 01/7/2023) Wishing you all the best! While helping my daughter navigate the "I want to go to college" waters, I found this site (https://jlvcollegecounseling.com/) very helpful. Everything from how to save for college, how to find scholarships for college, and how to finish college on-time or even early can be found within the pages of this college counseling website. SCHOLARSHIPS. SCHOLARSHIPS.
Much success to you all! Kimberly updated 02/19/2018 16:49. Attend a college fair. Check out this link to see how to register for a free event and how to take a look at a list of participating colleges. Complete your federal student aid application here. To see if you are eligible for a Bright Futures Scholarship checkout the Florida Financial Aid Application process here. Visit your Guidance Counselor and get help planning for, applying to, and selecting a college. Don't let senioritis affect your senior year. (Merriam-Webster dictionary defines senioritis as, “an ebbing of motivation and effort by school seniors as evidenced by tardiness, absences, and lower grades.”) Avoid this - here is some advice. Get ahead of the game. Check out the scholarship announcements posted here as well as these March scholarships. And, finally, a nod to current headlines: I am a NASCAR fan so this nod goes to Austin Dillon for winning the Daytona 500 Sunday. What an opportunity for Dillon and that legendary #3 car. What a show, what a show. Be well. Push through the challenges. Keep your head up; eyes on the prize. Regards, Kimberly This time of year many people make resolutions about the things they hope to accomplish in the new year, some make a list of things they are going to stop doing in the new year.
Here's a good piece of advice I picked up in the past and have found it to be quite helpful: Don't make a resolution - make a decision to get it done. It being whatever it is you want or need to accomplish. Then make a plan to complete it and work the plan. So in 2018 if your plan is college: What college will you be attending? Make a decision (informed decision) and get it done (forms, deadlines, documentation). How are you going to pay for college? Scholarships, Loans, Both? Other financial aid? Make a decision and get it done! - Have you filed your FASFA? Have you submitted require documents to your school of choice? Have you spoken with a financial aid advisor at your school of choice? Have you completed scholarship searches and submitted applications? Will you live on campus or commute? Have you completed and met dorm deadlines for your college of choice? Have you identified a safe place to live off campus that you can afford, if you will commute? Do you have reliable transportation to and from campus if you will commute? Make an informed decision about your living arrangements and get it done! Will you work while taking classes? Will this employment be on campus or off campus? Have you spoken with a financial aid advisor about college work on campus? Have you identified an off campus job that will fit your school schedule? Check out the October, November and December 2017 posts for scholarship search info, FAFSA info and more. (Note: Scholarships for undocumented or DACAmented students were added to the scholarship opportunities page. Look for "DACA" or "undocumented students may apply.") I wish you all much success with your academic pursuits! Kimberly RECYCLED POST....because it's still relevant today!
Holiday break is the best time to work on those scholarship and college applications. If you have not already started on those college applications get busy now. And wherever you are in the college application process, make sure you are working hard on identifying and applying for eligible scholarships. Tip 1: BEFORE you get out of school for holiday break, get a few of those official transcripts from your school registrar or guidance office, so you have some handy when mailing out those applications that can not be submitted online. You don't want to miss a due date because the school is closed and you didn't order enough transcripts to get you through the school holiday break. Depending on how many scholarship applications you plan on submitting over the break you should have at least 3-5 official transcripts, in sealed envelopes from your school. And check out my previous entries for links to monthly scholarships with jlvcollegeconsulting, what's new with FAFSA, and more. Tip 2: If you have not done so already, go to your guidance office and get a copy of EVERY scholarship application they have available that you are eligible for so you can work on applying for them over the holiday break. And make a copy of each application before writing on them so you will have blank one as backup if you mess up on the copy. Tip 3: Buy stamps and invest in large envelopes to mail paper applications without folding. Tip 4: Many more applications require a head shot, so if you do not have extra senior photos, wallet size, lying around yet, get a good professional looking head shot printed in wallet size or a bit smaller (4-5 photos should do it). Have them ready to attach to applications that require a head shot. And if you don't use them all, give them to family and friends as keepsakes. You've got a beautiful smile, they'll love it. Best success! When my daughter graduated high school we attended senior awards that May. My daughter's name was announced five times for scholarships. She received two from local organizations, one from a national sorority looking for students in local schools, and two from alumni organizations of her high school. She also completed a campus visit to her current college, meeting with admissions and program staff; and where upon acceptance she was awarded two scholarships from her current college totaling more than $15,000 for four years; this in addition to her local scholarships totaling more than $5,000. We also applied for scholarships through my employer and other community interests.
Ask your college admissions officer what scholarship opportunities are available for freshman and how you can apply for them. For my daughter's institution, when you complete the admissions application there is an entire section of responses they use to determine eligibility for campus scholarships; and numerous more scholarships students can apply for under separate cover. So find out all of your options - through your high school, your community, you and/or your parents' employer/s, and your college/s of choice. Make the most of every opportunity so you have the best possible options for your continued education. "Search locally for scholarships" writes Jessica Velasco and I could not have said it better myself! Jessica is a former professional college counselor of many years, who has posted an excellent article about how to search locally for scholarships. She outlines options for searching locally, including visiting your school guidance office and seeking out employer scholarship opportunities. Check out the article here. Best success with your search! Kimberly Some of you are still figuring out where you want to go to college. Have you written that admissions essay or personal statement yet? Where do you start? First identify the essay requirements for your school/s of choice. Now start with YOU.
What makes you unique? What do you do that no one else or very few people do? Do you run track and train for ballet? Are you a star volleyball player and a medal winner for form and style in martial arts? None of those things? That's okay. It's about your uniqueness anyway. What makes you different? As emphasized by College Essay Tips (YouTube)-- Yes, your essay should be error free; BUT it should also tell a story - your story. Your essay should engage the admissions officer reading your essay so they want to pull it out of the hundreds of others and say "this one!." Simply, when you write your essay tell them something about yourself that will make them know you; what you dream; what you're afraid of; who you are. If your essay is about the same thing as everyone else's without telling them what is unique about you, how does that make you stand out? Hmmm... Make those 500-750 words count. For example: Open with a great line. Give them a puzzle to solve. Tell them something most people don't know about you. There are a lot of tips for admission essay writing out there. Visit your guidance office and request writing resources and assistance; visit YouTube and check out videos of successful essays and writing do's and don'ts. Here are a couple to get you started: Tell a unique story to admissions officers WOW them without bragging Best success to you all! Kimberly The 2018-2019 FAFSA is now available. Use your 2016 tax information to complete the FAFSA as soon as possible. This helps college financial advisors determine what financial aid each student is eligible to receive.
All the best! You got in to college now what?
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