Monday, January 21, 2008

An Hour of your Time Could Save You Way More than Nine

Want a scholarship? Doubt that you have what it takes to earn a scholarship? Don’t know where to look? Scholarships can be based on a variety of aspects: GPA, involvement in high school or college activities, creativity, writing abilities, artistic abilities, financial need, and even miscellaneous things such as a creating a creative video about yourself!

Everyone and anyone can earn a scholarship, you just have to take the first steps and start looking. Filing out scholarship applications can be tedious and precursors to headaches and irritability, but consider this: an hour spent filling out a scholarship application could result in a $1,000 reward. Just think, $1,000 (or more!) for only an hour’s worth of work! That’s more than a doctor or lawyer makes in an hour!

Below are just a few of the many available scholarships out there:

Scholarship Title: “I Deserve $1,000 Because” Video Essay Contest

Source: http://www.brickfish.com/Lifestyles/VideoEssay

Amount: $1,000

Description: Open to all students 14 years and older. Create a creative, original video that tells why you deserve a $1,000 scholarship. Enter as many times as you want!

Deadline: March 31st, 2008


Scholarship Title: “Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes”

Source: http://www.barronprize.org/index.html

Amount: $2000

Description: Open to all students age 18 and younger who have led and organized a project that has clearly benefited other people. Not applicable if project is an assignment from school or work. You must be nominated by an adult (non-family or relative) who understands your service project.

Deadline: April 30th, 2008


Scholarship Title: “Dale E. Fridell Memorial Scholarship”

Source: http://www.straightforwardmedia.com/scholarship/fridell/form.php

Amount: $1000

Description: Open to anyone (including international students) planning to attend any post-secondary education program in 2007-2008. Ineligible if already receiving or awarded a full-tuition scholarship.

Deadline: April 14th, 2008

Want more scholarship information? Check out these exclusive scholarship search engines:

FastWeb: http://www.fastweb.com

Next Student: http://www.nextstudent.com/scholarship_search/scholarship_search.asp

So spend some time on one –or several- scholarships. Remember that an hour of your time could result in more money than a doctor or a lawyer earns in an hour.

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