TGIFriday, all you scholarship seekers out there! I can hardly believe another week has come and gone. Have you made much headway on your college scholarship applications? Why not clear a few hours this weekend to dedicate to applying to one or two scholarships? What better way to pay for college than with free money?! This week, I have three great scholarship opportunities for you,  including the prestigious Coca Cola scholars program; a $2,500 medical software essay scholarship (all majors welcome); a $1,000 technology education scholarship. I hope you find something here than can help you pay for college! You can learn more about college scholarships by visiting Financial Aid Finder’s scholarships pages, which has helpful articles on everything from completing the scholarshi...

August 21, 2008 by Mara Strom I’m changing things up this Scholarship Thursday. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been mentioning the August slow-down in scholarships with immediate deadlines. That’s because everyone is getting ready to go back to school — including scholarship committees. Now the truth is that if you are looking for local niche scholarships, you may still be in luck. But since I try to bring you national (or at least regional) opportunities, there are definitely fewer choices this time of year. So, instead of my regular format, today I’m bringing you three major scholarship sources you NEED to know about. All of these are big foundations associated with big businesses — and all of them have extremely generous college scholarshi...