Scholarship Searches

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Scholarship Searches
Presented by Donna C. Quick Director
of Financial Aid Columbia College
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Scholarship Searches

• Where can you find scholarship resources?
• High School Guidance Counselor
• The local library
• College Admissions and Financial Aid Offices
• The Internet

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Scholarship Searches

• Information needed to successfully apply for
  scholarships
• Cumulative GPA
• SAT/ACT scores
• Extra curricular activities
• Community service involvement
• Essays

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Internet Scholarship Searches

• Some websites have a scholarship search engine
  that allow you to list specific criteria, some
  will allow you to drill down by state, and others
  will simply allow you to browse available
  resources.
• Some sites will require registration and others
  are free.

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Internet Scholarship Searches

• Registration Required
• Broke Scholar
• www.brokescholar.com
• Princeton Review
• www.princetonreview.com
• Sallie Maes College Answer
• www.collegeanswer.com/index.jsp
• Student Awards
• www.studentawards.com

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Internet Scholarship Searches

• No Registration Required
• College Board
• www.collegeboard.com
• College Scholarships
• www.collegescholarships.org
• College View
• www.collegeview.com

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Internet Scholarship Searches

• Hispanic Scholaships
• www.hsf.net and www.hispanicfund.org
• International Education Financial Aid
• www.iefa.com
• Military Scholarships
• www.military.com

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Federal Department ofEducation Sites

• FAFSA on the Web
• www.fafsa.ed.gov
• To request a new or duplicate PIN
• www.pin.ed.gov
• Dept. of Education General Information
• www.studentaid.ed.gov
• Department of Education Ombudsman
• www.ombudsman.ed.gov

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Financial Aid and Planning Information

• Internal Revenue Service
• www.irs.gov
• Mapping Your Future
• www.mapping-your-future.org
• SC Commission on Higher Learning
• www.che.sc.gov

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Financial Aid and Planning Information

• SC Tuition Grant
• www.sctuitiongrants.com
• SC Student Loan Corporation
• www.scstudentloan.org
• Selective Service
• www.sstudentloan.org

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Financial Aid and Planning Information

• Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
• www.finaid.org
• South Carolina Financial Aid
• www.slc.sc.edu7000