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10 Great Sites for Finding College Scholarships
Finding college scholarships is frustrating for many parents and students looking to win money for school. There are SO many scholarship sites on the internet. Which ones can you trust, and which ones are the best scholarship websites?
Are you having trouble finding scholarships?
There are many wonderful websites available for parents and their students who are trying to compile a scholarship list.
Below are what I consider to be the best scholarship websites. Many of these are scholarship-matching sites, meaning they will email students when a scholarship is found for them to consider applying for.
Before signing up, however, I highly suggest doing the following:
1. Set up a new, smart email to be used only for scholarship and college correspondence. For example, firstname.lastname@gmail.com. If the preferred email is already taken, simply add a number or other symbols, such as firstname-lastname@gmail.com or firstname.lastname7@gmail.com.
2. Fill out student profiles 100%, leaving no blank spaces or unchecked boxes.
3. List all possible majors for more scholarship matches. If a student is unsure of what they would like to major in, they need to check the boxes for everything that interests them.
4. Update information yearly or as it changes, as new scholarships are offered for different levels of students. Also, more matches may occur as students join clubs, volunteer, learn new skills, and participate in various activities.
Here are the best scholarship websites for finding college scholarships.
If you need specific lists of scholarships (such as nursing, teaching, engineering, etc.), feel free to email me at info@how2winscholarships.com, and I will be happy to send you the awards that I have compiled.
Remember that local scholarships are best because they naturally have less competition. You can find more ways to locate local scholarships right HERE.
Also, make sure you are on my scholarship email list, as I send out monthly lists of scholarships. (Use this link to get on the list. It’s FREE.)
Here are my recommended scholarship websites. Resist the urge to sign up for all of them. Your inbox will be filled with too many scholarship offers and your head will spin. Trust me on this one!
JLVCollegeCounseling/Scholarships
CollegeXpress (Apply for their scholarship and then use the search engine)
Appily (formerly known as Cappex)
What are parents saying about the How to Win College Scholarships ebooks?
“Thank you Monica Matthews for all your scholarship help. My daughter won her first scholarship today from one of Monica’s scholarship lists! The tips in the e-books are very helpful. It seems like a lot at first, but by the time your daughter/son has all their essays written for the college applications, you’ll have a lot of material that can be “recycled” or tweaked for the scholarship essays.” – Catherine S., Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents Facebook group member
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Hi,
My daughter is a freshman in college at a prestigious school in Texas and majoring in broadcast/journalism. She has 3.8 GPA. I would love for her to earn an Academic scholarship since she has worked so hard and clearly deserves it. Do you have any websites or information I could use to forward to her?
Thank you so much for your assistance!
Hi Debi, have you checked the website of her college? They should have a whole page dedicated to scholarships, with many for admitted students and current students. She can also check with the professors in her major and and ask them about scholarships. Is she signed up at Fastweb.com? There are lots of scholarships for current college students available and they will match her up and email her when one becomes available that they think she qualifies for. The Scholly app is another good one for college students. She can also ask at her college financial aid office and let them know that she is in need of additional funds to help pay for school and see if they can do anything for her. I hope that helps!
I’m saving this list because my daughter is just now entering high school. We will need this sooner than I’m ready to admit.
Yes, you will! I highly encourage you to search for scholarships now, as there are many available for all levels of high school students.
My Daughter will continue IB program in Exeter College, UK. They give very little amount as a scholarship and we need more. She will go there and live with a hosted family and we should pay for this as well.
Any quick and easy scholarship we can get?
Thank you for your help and reply.
Ali Bulut
Istanbul/Turkey
Your mission is so beneficial, Monica!!
Jodie
http://www.jtouchofstyle.com
Thank you, Jodie! 🙂
Ir we all followed your advice, college debt would cease to exist!
That would be wonderful, wouldn’t it? 🙂
Nicely enlisted sites for scholarships.
Thank you very much!
Informative Article, Monica. Keep writing productive content!
Thank you so much, Minhaj! I’ll keep writing, I promise. 🙂
Thank you in advance!
You are very welcome, Pam! 🙂
I’m looking to help my daughter find scholarships and grants to help her with college debt. Our family makes too much money for much help from grants and scholarships so far but we can’t afford to pay for her tuition. She’s going into nursing and focusing on neonatal at the University of Mary Harden Baylor then transferring to the Scott and White School of Nursing for her BSN. She’s now in the summer before her freshman year at UMHB. She has a 3.0 GPA, has been employed for the last 2 years and has 16 transferable credits for UMHB. Can you please help us with information about scholarships and grants that could benefit her in her education journey so she can focus on school not the accumulation of debt.
Hi, Anna! Have you seen this list of nursing scholarships?
Nursing Scholarships
Also, feel free to join our free Scholarship Help and College Talk Facebook group for more support. Find it here.
Yes, I have and it’s very helpful. Thank you!
You’re welcome! 🙂
Interested in ICT course scholarship
Hi, Felix. Are you a U.S. citizen?