How to Nail a Scholarship or Grant

By Studentawards

In a video interview, Studentawards President Suzanne Tyson talks scholarships with Globe and Mail Personal Finance Columnist Rob Carrick, and points out that

about 50% of the studentawards.com scholarship database is comprised of awards that are not merit-based
many scholarship administrators are looking for more than just grades – they are interested in well-rounded individuals
there is no scholarship season, and new awards are created all the time
post-secondary students should visit their school’s financial aid office and investigate scholarships that don’t have applications – administrators want to give these scholarships away, so students should apply even if they think they are a long shot

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Teencat wrote:	@JulianaP The artical clearly stated that those scholarships may be found through your schools office. Quote: "•post-secondary students should visit their school’s financial aid office and investigate scholarships that don’t have applications " Posted on Oct 19, 2011 at 08:08

Jake17 wrote:	I've always been told to apply for as many as I can, simply because a lot of people are lazy, and I believe the money from the bursaries HAS to be given out by a certain date, because they can't carry over the funds Posted on Oct 04, 2011 at 10:35

purplesky97ful wrote:	I might be wrong, but wouldn't it make sense to apply to as many as you possibly can? Especially the ones that aren't worth all that much money? It seems to me that people usually go for the ones worth a lot of money. Posted on Oct 02, 2011 at 11:24

JulianaP wrote:	do you know of any scholarships that dont have or get many applicants? becuase I dont know where all of them are? Posted on Sep 21, 2011 at 05:23

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