I'm a sophomore in highschool and I'm good at writting does anyone know of any good scholarships that would help? I live in Texas and plan to go to school in California if that helps any.
2007-01-16 08:33:49 · 5 answers · asked by Clark Gable <3 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Financial Aid
When it comes to looking for college scholarships, the time is now to start searching for them. However, there might be some scholarship source options not available to sophomores. However, I will mention them all to you along with some essay advice. All the sources are free to use.
First, apply for the FAFSA form after January 1 of your senior year of high school. It will help tap into need based financial aid from the state and federal governments along with the college itself. It does work for out of state colleges and universities.
Second, the high school guidance office has a list of local scholarships for its current high school students to apply for consideration. This may or may not work as a sophomore.
Third, the public library has a book listing scholarships, and some are not even listed on the web. This could work.
Fourth, get good grades and SAT/ACT scores because it can bring in a merrit based scholarship. Working hard in school on grades does pay in the form of scholarships.
Finally, join several free membership scholarship search websites. Most are updated on a regular basis. Most offer a customized search based on the information you enter into a form on its website. There will be scholarships for on it.
Good luck!
2007-01-16 09:44:33 · answer #1 · answered by dawncs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try to aim for grants/scholarships more... they are not to be paid back. its confusing sometimes, but just keep applying.
every big (and small) company you see (manufacturer, orgs, corps and groups also) all have grants and scholarships they hand out like candy.
heres a link with a HUGE amount of some available. some you will need to copy and paste into a new window. also, fastweb (take the time to fill it in) will search databases and get back to you with a list of scholarships you qualify for.
Also contact all mens, womens associations in your state, they almost always have grants & scholarships. What ever field you are going into, contact the orgs, associations etc for them; they too always have scholarships. Research and dig, call then write. Its all worth it.
OVER apply; it doesnt hurt to have too many, and the extra funds can help with housing.
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http://www.studentawards.com/
http://www.studentscholarshipsearch.com/
http://www.schoolsoup.com/
http://www.collegedata.com/
STATUS of your loan or aid:
http://www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA/
if you don’t have a PIN yet (for your loan / aid status) apply for one:
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2007-01-17 15:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Yvette B yvetteb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to www.fastweb.com
They have tons of scholarships for your choice school or just in general! Good luck.
2007-01-16 08:45:12 · answer #3 · answered by Marie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there's alot of scholarships for cali especially writting jus do a seach on google or sumtin for writting nd lotz pop up i wrote a paper on how the lightbulb changed my life nd BAM!! $5000 for skewl
2007-01-16 08:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by ~::JAEL::~ 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-16 16:10:43 · answer #5 · answered by Pro 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋