Scholarships.... help!!!!?

Question

I have a physical disability and was wondering if anyone knew of any scholarships for handicaped kids trying to get ready for college.

Answer 1

The best place to start is the Department or Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in your area. It can be located in the blue pages of the phone book under government services or from your state's government website. It is their job to help disabled individuals. I also recommend getting in touch with the office of disabled students at your college because they will help you with adaptions that can make the college more accessible. I will include some other free places to locate money for college.

First, the college's financial aid office and website has a list of private scholarships offered from outside organizations and companies. Sometimes a college major's website will list scholarships, too.

Second, the public library has a book listing scholarships with some not even listed on the web.

Third, the high school guidance office has a list of local scholarships and state scholarships & grants.

Fourth, fill out the FAFSA form because it will tap into need based financial aid from the state and federal governments along with the college itself.

Fifth, a campus work study job can help with money needed during the school year. The program is funded by the federal government. It will be a job on campus and most times can work to your availability schedule. There should be a box on the FAFSA form for it.

Finally, I recommend joining several free membership scholarship search websites, but the best I have located is Scholarship Experts since they have a very thorough and lengthy survey to complete compared to Fastweb. There are scholarships for a variety of things including ethnicity, clubs, hobbies, and even wearing duct tape to the high school prom. Most are updated on a regular basis. Most offer a customized search based on information entered onto a form on the website.

Good luck!