vol. 4 The Scholarship Coach Posts from 6/14/12 - 12/06/12. Originally published by US News & World Report. THE SCHOLARSHIP COACH TABLE OF CONTENTS Find Your Passion, and Earn a Scholarship for It Find Scores of Music Scholarships for College.......................................................4 Become a Star with These Celebrity Scholarships....................................................6 Culinary Scholarships Serve Up Varied Career Opportunities. 8 Buckle Up for Auto Industry Scholarships...........................................................10 3 Steps to Finding Political Science Scholarships....................................................12 Your Scholarship “How-To’s” Don’t Fall for These 5 Scholarship Scams...........................................................14 Create Great Scholarship Applications with These 6 Answers. 16 ABOUT THE WRITERS ABOUT SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA 5 Ways to Manage High Cost of College Text books.................................................18 Janine Fugate Scholarship America believes that every student 10 More Twitter Handles for Scholarship Seekers....................................................20 Janine Fugate, the recipient of numerous scholarships deserves an opportunity to go to college, regardless of Don’t Drop the Ball On Early Scholarship Deadlines..................................................22 at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, holds a their financial status. Start Your Scholarship Search Here................................................................24 bachelor’s degree from the College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minn., and a Master of Public Affairs Since its founding, Scholarship America has distributed 12 College Financial Aid Terms Defined.............................................................26 from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs more than $2.9 billion to 1.9 million students across the at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities. Fugate country through various programs including Dollars for joined Scholarship America in 2002. Scholars, Dreamkeepers, and Scholarship Management Unique Scholarships for a Unique You Services. As we celebrate our 50th anniversary and Matt Konrad enter our second half-century of helping students, we 7 Scholarship Tips for Single Dads.................................................................28 Matt Konrad has been with Scholarship America since invite you to become a part of our mission by donating or volunteering today. 5 Scholarships for Students with Learning Disabilities. 30 2005. He is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota and a former scholarship recipient. Honor Veterans Day by Sharing These Scholarships.................................................32 4 Scholarships for American Indian Students........................................................34 Michelle Showalter Don’t Let Cancer Stop You from Earning a College Education. 36 Michelle Showalter joined Scholarship America in 2007 ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP COACH Scholarships Can Aid Students Working to Prevent Suicide. 38 and is an alumna of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. She is a former scholarship recipient. The Scholarship Coach is a blog run by Scholarship Scholarships Offer Survivors a Chance to Become Scholars. 40 America on U.S. News and World Report’s website for the purpose of educating students and parents about Show College Pride with These LGBT Scholarships..................................................42 Rebecca McCrory scholarships. The Scholarship Coach was started in Rebecca McCrory interned at Scholarship America in Explore Scholarships for Scouts...................................................................44 2010 and features weekly articles addressing common 2012. She attends Macalester College in Saint Paul, scholarship questions, as well as featuring special Check Out These 6 Scholarships for Gamers........................................................46 Minnesota and is majoring in sociology and minoring in scholarships and dispensing valuable advice students statistics. should use to make their applications stand out. Reward Yourself Students with special concerns are able to get answers Emily Payzant by asking [email protected]. Public Service Pays Off with These Scholarship Opportunities. 48 Emily Payzant interned at Scholarship America in 2012. She attends Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska Scholarship for Volunteer Reward Students Who Give Back.......................................... 50 New blog posts are live every Thursday at and is majoring in economics and marketing. www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-scholarship- 6 Scholarships That Reward Kids..................................................................52 coach 2 | THE SCHOLARSHIP COACH / VOL 4 / SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA / USNEWS.COM/BLOGS/THE-SCHOLARSHIP-COACH THE SCHOLARSHIP COACH / VOL 4 / SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA / USNEWS.COM/BLOGS/THE-SCHOLARSHIP-COACH | 3 Find Scores of Music Whether you’re pursuing music as a future career, an extracurricular activity, or Scholarships for College because you’re just passionate about it, (Originally Published 6/28/12) there’s scholarship help out there for you. By Michelle Showalter ummer is in full swing, and if you’re music education; and the Irma Carey-Wilson operatic stage career, are $400,000 to students industries,” according to like many musicians and music Music Therapy Award, worth $275, for encouraged to audition. pursuing operatic careers its website. This year, the S lovers, you’re probably spending those interested in studying music therapy. You must be present for all since its inception in 1988, nonprofit distributed six your days jamming with your friends and For information on these scholarships and phases of the competition; with more than $15,000 scholarships worth more filling your evenings hitting up the major others, visit the NFMC website. regional auditions take awarded annually. than $90,000 music festivals in your area. place in Los Angeles U.S. citizens ages 21 to Are you more interested and New York, with five 36 may audition at one of Finally, as always, we If your passion is pushing you toward a finalists from each region three locations this fall: encourage you to check career in music, you’re in luck: There are in listening to music than competing at the Grand Northwestern University out the scholarships plenty of scholarship opportunities available Finals Concert in Los in Evanston, Ill.; the available to music for music majors in college, including some making music? A career in Angeles. University of Texas— students at the colleges that we featured on this blog in fall 2011. the radio or music industry Austin; or in Providence, and universities to which All this work could pay R.I. A final competition will you’re thinking of applying, We recommend you put down that might be just up your alley. off if you receive the top be held in Rhode Island in as well as scholarship French horn for a few minutes to do some award, worth $10,000. December. opportunities that are researching; to give you a head start, here If you are a budding opera singer, check Each finalist receives a specific to your state. are a handful of excellent music scholarship out the Loren L. Zachary Society for the minimum of $1,000. Are you more interested opportunities. Performing Arts and its National Vocal in listening to music than Whether you’re pursuing Competition for Young Opera Singers If you can’t make it to making music? A career in music as a future career, The National Federation of Music Clubs Founded in 1972 by the late Loren L. Los Angeles or New York the radio or music industry an extracurricular activity, (NFMC) awards multiple scholarships every Zachary and Nedra Zachary, the National but are still interested in might be just up your alley. or just because you’re year, including: the $600 NFMC Ernest A Vocal Competition for Young Opera Singers scholarships for opera Since 1979, the nonprofit passionate about it, there’s Bluhm Flute Award; the NFMC Elizabeth is one of the most prestigious and valuable singers, check out the Bel Conclave “has been scholarship help out there Paris French Horn Award, worth $1,300; singing competitions in the world. Canto Vocal Scholarship. awarding scholarships for you. the NFMC Gretchen E. Van Roy Music The Bel Canto Vocal to deserving students Education Scholarship, which awards Singers from the United States or Canada, Scholarship Foundation desiring an education $1,150 to students pursuing a career in who are prepared to pursue a professional has given more than inside the radio and music 4 | THE SCHOLARSHIP COACH / VOL 4 / SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA / USNEWS.COM/BLOGS/THE-SCHOLARSHIP-COACH THE SCHOLARSHIP COACH / VOL 4 / SCHOLARSHIP AMERICA / USNEWS.COM/BLOGS/THE-SCHOLARSHIP-COACH | 5 Some Celebrity scholarship funders are Be a Star with These working to give back to their hometowns Celebrity Scholarships including famous New Yorker, Jerry (Originally Published 7/12/12) Seinfeld. Each year, the comedian’s family foundation partners with the nonprofit By Matt Konrad PENCIL to award the Seinfeld Scholarships. f you’re a high school or college student, The Letterman Scholarship is one of the scholarships. Founded by actress Katie Holmes awards the annual Earl Woods Scholarships the glitz and glamour of celebrity life may longest-running celebrity scholarships, having and dance-world bigwigs Nigel Lythgoe, in honor of the golfer’s father. Woods Scholars I seem pretty far removed from your day- been awarded every year