financial aid

June 26, 2008 by Mara Strom After last week’s one-shot, social networking scholarship opportunity (you still have a few days left to win it!), our normal three-for-Thursday format is back. Hopefully you’ll find some free money for college from one of these scholarships, all of which have either June 30th or July 1st deadlines. Not [...]

June 19, 2008 by Mara Strom By now you’ve probably gotten used to me posting three scholarship notices every Thursday. Well, since I like to mix things up, I’m only going to give you one scholarship notice this week… but it’s a doozy. Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere, you already know all [...]

June 16, 2008 by Mara Strom If you need financial aid for the 2008-2009 school year, then heads up: You’ve got two weeks from today to complete your FAFSA. FAFSA stands for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and it tells you and your school how much — and what kind of — federal [...]

June 12, 2008 by Mara School may be out for summer – but don’t get too comfortable lounging at the pool, especially if you still need some more cash to pad your college fund.  Here’s a look at three great scholarships with mid to late June deadlines that you don’t want to miss. 1) Safety [...]

June 8, 2008 by Mara Strom Unless your last name is Rockefeller, you’ll need to think long and hard about the expense of your college education. Even though more than 90% of college grads say their degree was “worth it,” the cost can still be staggering. If you’re in college — or planning to attend [...]

June 5, 2008 by Mara Strom Each Thursday, The Financial Aid Finder offers you a list of outstanding scholarship opportunities with looming deadlines. If you’re looking for free money to help pay for your college education, then you might enjoy one of our archived articles about writing scholarship essays, the four qualities scholarship committees look [...]

June 2, 2008 by Mara Strom Whether you’re for Obama, Clinton or McCain, here’s an issue you might want to consider: Financial aid for our nation’s service men and women. Do you know where your candidate stands? A new GI Bill is being debated in Congress, which if passed, would be the biggest expansion of [...]

May 29, 2008 by Mara Strom After a rather long spring break, the Financial Aid Finder is back with our Scholarship Thursday update. This week, we’ve got three hot scholarship opportunities with deadlines of this weekend. You don’t have much time, so get to it! 1) Coca-Cola Two Year College Scholars Remember our article on [...]