If this is your last year of high school, you probably have a million things on your mind. At the forefront, though, is the constant question: What are you going to do next year? If college is in your plans, then it’s time to check in about your progress. Have you applied early anywhere? Do [...]
Across the United States yesterday, college students and faculty members held campus rallies to show their support for public/state higher education. According to the Chronicle on Higher Education, organizers are worried about continuing budget cuts into the coming fiscal year. Some participants even went so far as to dress in black – a color of [...]
You know how I’m always telling you that you need to apply for as many scholarships as possible, because it’s a numbers game? And the more you apply for, the more you will win? Well, Zachary Freeman is a living, breathing example of this. I just read a great profile piece on him in the [...]
You have probably seen the pop-up ads for so-called scholarships for single moms supported by President Obama. Maybe you are a single mom planning to head back to school and wondering how you are going to pay for college. Unfortunately, those pop-up ads are nothing but a phishing scam, but there are some legitimate sources [...]
I read an interesting article today about the drawbacks to athletic scholarships. I know not everyone can be a star athlete. But if you really excel at football, cheerleading, soccer, softball or some other team or individual sport, it seems like going for an athletic scholarship might be a great way to pay for college, [...]
Recent college grads may feel like there are no jobs out there for them, but according to a new study by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce, there is actually a trend of far too few Americans completing college to fill the available jobs. By 2018, the report says, there will be jobs [...]
If you’ve spent any time on this blog at all, you know I’m a huge proponent of using college scholarships to pay for your higher education. I encourage you every Friday with a list of three scholarships with upcoming deadlines. But in your eagerness to find free money for college, you must be careful not [...]
TGIF, dear scholarship seekers! With a long weekend coming up, this is the perfect time to sit down and work on some scholarship applications. School work hasn’t gotten too intense yet, so there’s no excuse not to do it! You know you’ve heard me say 1000 times before, but the more scholarships you apply for, [...]
