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| 404.1 | Free money.... | HARRY::HIGGINS | Citizen of Atlantis | Wed Jan 18 1989 20:36 | 10 |
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Get thee to the library!
Many, many scholarship dollars and grants go uncollected every year.
Qualifiers range from GPA's to ethnicity to eye color. There are
also scholarship "catalogues" available to garner information on
where and how to apply for the $$$$$$$$$$$$.
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| 404.3 | It's there,but you have to look for it! | BPOV02::MACKINNON | | Thu Jan 19 1989 11:02 | 48 |
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Re.O
I was a child of a single-parent household who also wanted to go
to college. I was in the top 3% of my class and went into
engineering at Northeastern. There are many scholarships that
are awarded soley on the basis of economics. As long as you
claim her as a dependant on your tax form she is eligible for
most of them. I recieved quite a few scholarships to Nu both
based on financial need and some based on just scholastic achievement.
Have her send in a FAF form before February 15. This will give
her an indication of the aid that is available to her. She will
also need this to apply for financial aid as well as outside
scholarships. The FAF(financial aid form) can be picked up in
her high school guidance counselor's office.
I recieved quite a bit of money from the Mass State Scholarship
program. As well as scholarships from the company my Mom used
to work for, the band parents association, a couple of high school
related scholarships and also scholarships from NU. Have her send
away to the colleges she is interested in and request financial
aid information. They will usually include a list of scholarships
available at their schools. Also have her look into schools with
co-operative education. She can work and earn money for school
and gain valuable work experience which will ultimately give her
the edge when it comes to get a "real job".
There are quite a few resources she can check into to get more info.
I would not suggest sending any money to these ripoff schemes that
claim they can get you scholarship money. I know of several folks
who did that and all they got was the same info you can get from
the financial aid offices at colleges, but they had to pay for it.
Have her go to the library. There are quite a few books with
references in them and instructions on applying for scholarships.
I got one just because my last name happened to be Mackinnon. So
really there is alot of money out there you just have to be willing
to do the leg work to get it.
There are also guarenteed student loans, university loans and
Digital has a program where the parent can take out a loan for
the childs education. The first two don't have to be paid off
until 6 months after graduation. The Dec one I am not sure about.
Give your psa a call and she/he may be able to direct you to
money avaiable within Digital also.
Good Luck
Michele
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| 404.4 | my .02 cents.... | PSYCHE::RYAN | Some days you eat the bear | Thu Jan 19 1989 12:06 | 8 |
| I was advised by my guidence councilor in High School to apply
for EVERY scholarship that I could find. (which I did and got 2)
I don't know where you live, but in Concord Ma, the guidence office
had millions of books and pamplets on the subject. I tell your
daughter to start at her guidence office.
Dee
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| 404.5 | | CADSE::GLIDEWELL | Wow! It's The Abyss! | Tue Jan 24 1989 20:42 | 11 |
| Has anyone had experience with "College Try"?
I've heard that this group (not sure if profit or non-profit)
maintains a large data base of available scholarships,
including the little known ones such as "for any child with
red hair" or "anyone named MacKinnon." [ :) congrats!]
Last I heard, the charge for a scholarship search was
$35. Has anyone every used one of these database search
outfits?
Meigs
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