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Please Note That This Is My Entire List of Scholarships (Over 180 Pages So Save It but Don’T Print It) Scholarship List 2018-2019 Deadline date verified Please note that this is my entire list of scholarships (over 180 pages so save it but don’t print it). Pages 2-5 list reoccurring scholarships that you can enter monthly or quarterly. They are mostly drawings rather than merit based and therefore harder to win. Starting on page 6, the scholarships are listed in order of deadlines (August – August). You will need to scroll down to the current month to access the available scholarships, but you can also look ahead for what is coming in the next few months or see what scholarships you missed but might be able to apply next year. Please note that most scholarships that are due in the fall are national scholarships and very competitive. February, March and April are when most LOCAL scholarships are due and have less competition. Organization is key when applying for scholarships. Here is how to read my list: Column 1 Scholarship name with link to website Sponsor’s name Date added/updated Column 2 Deadline date (if highlighted in green it has been verified for this year) Always double check the deadline on the website because sometimes they make changes. Also, confirm whether it must be POSTMARKED (the day you take it to the Post Office) or RECEIVED by the deadline date. Column 3 Award amount Column 4 Eligibility requirements such as age, grade level, GPA… (if you don’t meet these, don’t apply) Column 5 Application requirements (what you have to do to apply) Remember that I recommend you create a professional sounding email that you use specifically for scholarships as applying to these type of scholarships result in lots of emails (some useful, some not so much). Now, start applying! If you have questions or want me to review your applications/essays, just let me know. I am here to help YOU! Respectfully, Karen Denney College & Career Readiness Coordinator Updated 4/2/19 1 Scholarship List 2018-2019 Deadline date verified MONTHLY/QUARTERLY DRAWINGS While these are easy to apply for they are hard to win and usually they just want your contact information to email you stuff. Scholarship Name Deadline Amount Eligibility Application Requirements Grade $500 “Go Ennounce Yourself” • Please note that this is a private student loan • Create a free online GoEnnounce profile. Once Fresh company and is a sweepstakes drawing you register, complete your Student Page Bio Soph Scholarship by SallieMae Jr Monthly $500 • High school students 9-12 or college freshmen, • Start posting school e-nnouncements like a test sophomores and juniors. grade, you volunteering in the community, an Sr Updated 7/20/18 drawing • See website for details. essay or project you completed…. Per website • You will be considered for the scholarship each month for what you posted during that month. • You must “like” GoEnnounce on Facebook in order to find out if you are the winner $1,000 Cappex Easy College Money • High school 9-12 and college students attending an • Create a free online account Fresh Scholarship Monthly $1,000 accredited college in the U.S. • Only one entry per person per month Soph • U.S. citizen or permanent resident • Winners notified by mail Jr Updated 7/20/18 drawing • See website for details. Sr Per website $1,000 “Monthly” Scholarship • Graduating high school senior, current college • Create a free online account Sr by Niche student, or an adult who plans to attend • Only one entry per month Monthly $1,000 college/graduate school within the next 12 months • Winners will be contacted by email within six • U.S. resident weeks of the deadline and may also be Updated 7/20/18 drawing Per website • See website for details contacted by phone or email $1,000 SuperCollege Scholarship • High school and college students planning to attend • Application (online) Sr Monthly $1,000 an accredited college in the next 12 months • One application per student per contest period Updated 7/20/18 drawing • Permanent residents of U.S. Per website • See website for details. $2,000 “No Essay” College • Graduating high school senior, current college • Create a free online account Sr student, or an adult who plans to attend • Only one entry per month by Niche Scholarship college/graduate school within the next 12 months • Winners will be contacted by email within six • Must attend a high school or college listed on weeks of the deadline and may also be Updated 7/20/18 Monthly $2,000 niche.com contacted by phone or email Per website drawing • U.S. resident • See website for details th th Fresh American High School Poets “Just Quarterly • High school student 9 -12 • Submit a poem that is 20 lines or less Sept 30 • See website for details • Limit one entry per any 90 days Soph Poetry!!!” by Live Poets Society of NJ Up to Dec 31 • 9 awarded (Editor’s Choice – 1 per quarter, Best Jr Updated 7/20/18 March 31 $500 of Issue – 1 per quarter & 1 Easterday Poetry Sr Per website June 30 Award for best poem for the year CollegeNET Scholarship • High school or college student • Sign Up online Fresh Updated 7/20/18 Weekly $300+ • See website for details • Post your thoughts to earn points Soph Jr Per website • Vote (most votes win) Sr Courage to Grow Scholarship • U.S. high school junior, senior, or college student • Application (online) Jr • Minimum 2.5 GPA • Essay (250 words or less) on topic of the month Sr • U.S. Citizen (copy and paste into application) Updated 7/20/18 Monthly $500 • See website for details • One winner per month will receive a check Per website payable to the college/trade school they attend Updated 4/2/19 2 Scholarship List 2018-2019 Deadline date verified Discover Student Loans $2,500 • Please note that this is a private student loan • Register online Sr Scholarship company Quarterly $2,500 • Graduating high school senior at least 16 years of age Updated 7/20/18 who will attend participating college (see website for Per website drawing list) which is an accredited non-profit 4-yr college in the U.S. • U.S. resident • See website for details DoSomething.org Campaigns Up to • Between 13-25 years old by the contest deadline • Sign up Fresh Updated 7/20/18 $10,000 • U.S. citizen or Canadian citizen or reside in U.S. or • There is always something to do. They state the Soph Jr Per website Ongoing Drawing Canada problem and something for you ….usually it is • See website for details helping others, but best of all it’s FUN Sr EDvestinU National Monthly Quarterly • Please note that this is a student loan program! • Application online Sr Scholarship Giveaway Drawing $1,500 • Enrolling in a Title IV eligible college in the fall or • 2 awarded Mar 31 current college student Updated 7/20/18 June 30 • U.S. Citizen Per website Sept 30 • See website for details Dec 31 Golden Eagle Coins Scholarship • Current high school student (9-12) or college student • Essay that describes the goal of the particular Fresh in the U.S. who has designed an innovative project project they designed that made a difference in Soph Jr Updated 7/20/18 Monthly $500 (blog, app, fundraising event…) that makes a the loves of others and provide supporting difference in the lives of others documentation Sr Per website th 20 • U.S. citizen or permanent resident • Letter of recommendation that evaluates the • 3.0+ GPA project • See website for details. • Photo GotChosen $1,000 Every Month • Must be 18 years or older and been accepted to a • Create a free online account Sr Scholarship Monthly post secondary program or college. $1,000 • See website for details. Added drawing Per website Harris Panel Annual Survey Research • High school student 9-12 who will enroll in college in • Register online Fresh three years from September • Participate in online polls, questionnaires, Soph Sweepstakes By The Nielsen Company Quarterly $500 Bi-weekly • Legal residents of U.S. or Canada surveys, focus groups and other market research Jr Added 7/20/18 drawings $4,500 quarterly • See website for details activities. One entry per research activity up to Sr Per website 35 for each Bi-weekly period drawing & 200 entries for each quarterly period drawing Innovation in Education • Currently enrolled high school or college student in • Upload the following: Fresh by LaTutors U.S. • Essay – describe the goal of a project you Soph • 3.0+ GPA designed that makes a difference in the lives of Jr • U.S. citizen or permanent resident others and provide the link to access the content Sr Monthly $500 Added 7/20/18 • Must have designed an innovative project that makes such as the blog, app, etc (if applicable) th Per website 20 a difference in the lives of others (website, blog, app, • Letter of recommendation (evaluating the quality 11:59 PM PST fundraising event…) of the work) • It must be your original work • Photo of you executing the project • See website for details Invite a Friend to Fastweb • At least 13 years old • Create a free account or log in if you already Fresh Added 7/20/18 End of each $500 • See website for details have one Soph Per website • Invite a friend to join and you will both be entered Jr Month Sr L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the • Open to new and amateur artists who have not been • Submit a color or black-and-white reproduction of Fresh professionally published and paid for more than three the original science fiction or fantasy illustration.
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