SCHOLARSHIPS (Free Money)
There are two primary sources of scholarship money, private scholarship amounting to $35 million, and College/Government scholarship amounting to $48 Billion. Where do you want to focus you time and energy?
Families spend a great deal of time looking for “the pot of gold” in private scholarships. The reality is 99% of scholarship money comes directly from the colleges and the federal government.
This is our expertise; we guide you to the sources for the best scholarship money for your child.
This scholarship resources are offered as a way of supporting you as you develop your financial plan to pay for college.
- Private Scholarships:
- College/ Government scholarships:
- Government Scholarship: this requires a personal interview to determine your eligibility based on Government Standards.
- College Need Based Scholarship: This requires a personal interview to determine your expected family contribution based on College Board Standards.
- Merit based scholarship by colleges: This proprietary list compiled by College Planning Services, specializing in college financing, is available by request.
- Military Scholarships
Private Scholarships
CollegeNET, Inc. (www.collegenet.com/mach25)
CollegeNET, Inc. is a 'virtual plumber' for higher education Internet admissions applications built for college and university programs. The company's Mach25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion in private and public scholarship. Keyword Search gives you a quick way to narrow down to a particular scholarship or group of scholarships. Note: 99% of all Financial Aid including scholarships come directly from completing complicated financial aid forms.
FastWeb (fastweb.monster.com)
FastWeb, an Internet scholarship search service, helps students with choosing a college, paying for college and finding jobs during and after college.
National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC)
(www.nationalmerit.org)
is a not-for-profit organization that conducts two academic competitions for recognition and undergraduate scholarships: the National Merit® Scholarship Program and the National Achievement® Scholarship Program.
Scholarship Research Network Express (www.srnexpress.com)
Scholarship Resource Network Express contains a database of over 8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students worth a total of more than $35 million! This database also includes student loan forgiveness programs for those who have graduated from college and need alternatives for repayment.
Military Scholarships
For students who qualify, the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corp's Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) offers college financial assistance in return for military service after graduation.
Air Force: www.af.mil
Army: www.armyrotc.com
Marines: www.marines.com
Navy: www.navy.mil
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