More on Scholarships

In my twenties I had to buy books, see academic counselors, etc, to get the 411 on upcoming scholarships, and oftentimes the deadline had passed or was so far in the future you had to wait to apply.  Today there are websites devoted to looking up scholarships for you and they even send you a reminder email when the application deadline is approaching.  These are free websites but since someone must pay the bills, they are sponsored by schools and organizations that put advertisements on the sites.  These are only mildly annoying and, I guess, a necessary evil.

My two favorite sites are Fastweb.com and Cappex.com.  They are both easy to use and confidential with all your information.  You fill out the profile and they look up possible scholarship matches.  Then you look over the application requirements and either say "I will apply", "Doesn't fit", "Applied", "Will not apply", etc.  The site files these for future use, like next year, you will know if you applied or if it didn't fit your profile exactly.  There are many more sites than just these two but I find two are all I can juggle and keep up with school projects as well.  Each one will lead to another and another.  Those will be up to the individual to accept or not.

On both of these sites school ads pop up and you must look for the "No, thanks" button at the bottom of the page.  These ads are mildly annoying but not insupportable.  I have found dozens of scholarships through these sites to apply for, and won 4 from each site.  I have to appreciate the work that goes into building and maintaining informational sites like these.  They are invaluable.