scholarships?

Question

does anyone know some websites where i can search for scholarships? I would really like to go to University of South Carolina.

Answer 1

The best advice I have ever read regarding searching for college scholarships is utilizing more than one approach. I recommend utilizing both the community and web approaches. In addition, I recommend applying for every scholarship you apply for no matter the amount awarded because it adds up. I will include resoures to locate tuition money to attend University of South Carolina.

First, complete the FAFSA after January 1 of their senior year and before the earliest financial aid deadline. It will qualify them for need based help from the college. Even if you think your family makes too much money, you should still complete the form. It will qualify them for need based scholarships from the college endowment fund, Pell Grant (if the EFC is below 4300), work study, and student loans. The form needs to be completed every year until they graduate from college.

Second, the high school guidance office has a list of local scholarships. These are typically the easiest to get.

Third, use Google.com and Yahoo.com to search for scholarships and grants from the state itself. A number of states have scholarships based on grades. Most have grants based on financial need.

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

Finally, join several different free membership scholarship search websites. You enter a profile with them, and it will search for scholarships matching their profile. There is a scholarship for almost anything including wearing duct tape to the prom.

Good luck!

Answer 2

Here are a few websites to get you started:

College Board Homepage
www.collegeboard.org

FastWEB
www.fastweb.com

Free Scholarship Search
www.freschinfo.com

In addition, talk to a financial aid officer at the University of South Carolina to see what information they have for state and institutional scholarships. Good luck!