Financing college is tricky business. Federal grants and aid are often based on parents’ income even for young adult children. Most dual income households will not qualify, even though college costs are expensive. However, hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship and grant monies go unused every year. Private scholarships and grants are available to people of all ages from high school through graduate school. If you come from a particular cultural background or have a specific life experience like having been adopted or survived cancer, there are also scholarships available for you that are non-need-based.
Some of the scholarships are specific to time of years and ages, thus require some personal information. However, I am always hesitant about giving this over the computer about minors. When I have helped foster kids look for scholarships I have simply used my name and birth date for the search with my business address. The website searches for appropriate scholarships, and the student may then fill out the application as him or her self.
Since there are thousands of scholarships out there, one will get them. I strongly suggest setting up an e-mail address for this purpose.
Preparing for College
- Crime statistics -Search by state and campus.
- ACT-ACT test site
- SAT-College Boards
Financing College
- Studentaid.gov government site about aid, grants, and loans
- Finaid information about different options to finance college
- Sallie Mae
FAFSA
Scholarship Search Engines
Study Abroad
- NAFSA: International Association of Educators
Scholarships for study abroad programs - Go Abroad Search engine for study abroad programs by country and area of study.
Specific Scholarships
- Dell Scholar
- KFC scholar
- Rhodes scholar
- David & Dovetta Wilson Scholarship
- Scholarship America
- Gates Millenium Scholarship
Once in College
- Course Reviews -Rate your professor – seems well, harsh, but it exists…
- Rate My Professors