Ah, just when you think you have completed the college application process. . . beginning in January, the scholarship season gets started. I always hear of Solon students getting an amazing number of scholarships, but more often than not, most students feel guilty for not applying. The good news is that some of the material you've already written for college applications may be useful for scholarship essays. The other piece of advice I've heard is that your chances are better with local scholarships or scholarships at your university than the "big ticket" scholarships offered by a few huge corporations. Finally, it just makes sense that you will need to apply for more scholarships than you will actually receive.
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Grace Chen |
"With scholarships, I think the greatest chance
is with the school and local ones--check the guidance office incessantly! I
think what made my college search super unstressful was the fact that I did
everything as soon as I could, as far in advance of deadlines as possible.
As tempting as it is to procrastinate, it really really paid off when I
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| "Once I had decided where I was going I had to
decide how I would pay for it. Luckily my parents are able to help me but I
still had to apply for scholarships. It's really really really hard to sit
down and write an essay during your senior year. I didn't have the
determination to do enough of them. I read somewhere that
it works out to
about $100 in scholarships for every hour that you spend writing essays. I
wish I had a job that paid me that much. As my mom would constantly tell me
'JUST DO IT!'. It really does pay off. The other important thing is to get everything turned into guidance on time. They won't hunt you down the day before a scholarship deadline." |
Tracy Peshek Ohio State University |
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Brian Weiss
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"APPLY! APPLY! APPLY! My parents didn't
push me to apply for scholarships and I let them all slip by. At the end of
the year, I found out about many of my peers getting great scholarships and
wondered why I was left in the dust. They are extremely easy to apply for,
especially under the guidance of the school counselors and teachers. Maybe
if you get a big enough scholarship your parents will use that money to get
you a car when you graduate college....beep beep...." |
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"Apply for everything! I still have a few state scholarships that are
renewable for as long as I am in college, and I was actually able to set
one aside to help pay for an extra course I wanted to take.
In addition, once you reach college, look for
scholarships for college students. I have had my tuition reduced
the past two semesters by applying to college scholarships sponsored on
campus."
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Michelle Sabo Duquesne University |
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