Scholarship Tips
- Start looking for scholarships and check with your counselor weekly during your senior year
- Build a resume
- Work hard in school--Grades are an important factor in earning scholarships
- Take the ACT/SAT fall of your senior year to get the best possible score. Many awards have a minimum ACT/SAT score requirement.
- Apply for at least 30-40 scholarships
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- Organize scholarship applications in deadline order. Even the best qualified will be disqualified because of missed deadlines.
- Set time aside on weekends or in study hall to work on applications. It takes a lot of time to apply, but the payoff could be big!
- Talk to your college about school-specific and major-specific awards. Many of the biggest scholarships come directly from the college
- Check with organizations related to majors.
- Do a scholarship profile with EducationQuest or FastWeb to help locate scholarships that match your criteria.
- Search for scholarships on the NCIS web site under financial aid sort
