My wife has decided to go back to school after having our first child a little over a year ago. She is a hispanic woman who is going to become a Medical Lab Technician. She has already been accepted into the program, but we are trying to find all the funding we can. We have already applied for Pell Grant and Subsidized Student loans, but the Pell Grant only covered 3 of the 4 classes?!?!?! We can use the student loan to pay the other class and books, but we still have the travel expenses to pick up. So I am looking into grants for her to go to school. We live in a small town in Texas and our options seem to be limited. Any advice will help. Thanks!
2006-08-03 02:32:08 · 3 answers · asked by evanoverby@sbcglobal.net 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
Stay away from loans as much as you can. You have no idea how burdensome it is to pay them back once you leave school.
There are tons of scholarships that go unclaimed each year. Many $400, $500 or $1000 scholarships never even get applied for because people think it's chump change and not worth applying for. Well, get a few of those $500 scholarships and it'll really make a dent in your tuition bill.
People make the mistake of looking for one big scholarship to pay for everything when they should be targeting smaller scholarships that are more regionalized or specialized to their intended field or reflect something unique about them (son of Italian policeman, daughter of registered nurse, etc). Everybody goes for the big scholarships, the competition for those is much higher and your chances are smaller of getting it. Research and apply for anything and everything you are close to being eligible for no matter how small the scholarship.
Do a search on scholarships, search your major, your ethnic heritage, your town, your parents employers, your employer, hobbies, high school, local Chamber of Commerce/Rotary/ Lion's Club etc. Left-handed? There is a scholarship out there for you! Older woman returning to school? There are scholarships out there for you. Do combined searches on more than one criteria "hispanic women aviation scholarships" etc.
Go to the library and ask the reference librarian for a reference book on scholarships. They usually have more than one. There are all kinds of scholarships out there, you just have to start applying yourself and make it your summer career to send out letters everyday for scholarships. Good luck!
2006-08-03 02:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-28 13:24:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.daylon.com/scholarship/
that might help.
2006-08-03 10:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by nolyad69 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋