Scholarshipzone

In the old Aesop fable about the City Mouse and the Country Mouse, a pair of rodents find that neither is made out for the other's prefered environment. The City Mouse finds the country impossibly dull, while the Country Mouse prefers to have his meals without fear of being swallowed by a dog.
The same sort of conflict is faced by a lot of high school seniors preparing to apply to the colleges of their choice.…

Colonel Harland Sanders had a variety of jobs before he got down to the business of making the world's most famous fried chicken. And years later, after his Kentucky Fried Chicken brand has established itself at the head of the market, a scholarship was created in his memory. Over the past seven years, the Colonel's Scholars scholarship has given more than $10 million to high school seniors moving on to higher education at a college or university of their choice.…

Colleges - even those in cities - tend to be isolated bubbles. You travel from dorm to dorm, library to dining hall and it can be a lot of walking. Say you want to get off campus and visit another school's library or even just see a movie in town - what's the best way to do this without a car or breaking the bank to get one?…

More often than not, you've finished filling in all the prerequisite materials on your scholarship application - volunteer work, current employment, GPA, advanced classes - and come to the essay only to find that it asks you the most difficult question you could imagine - "Why do you deserve this scholarship?"
It's not easy to say that the money would help take a lot of the stress out of financing higher education.…

Amanda Lamond has been in school for 16 years in order to call herself a doctor. Many could say the same, but few were raising three children at the same time.
Dr. Lamon-Holden told ABC News that she couldn't have done it without the support of her children, family and welfare assistance.
"There were people that told me, 'You won't make it through medical school.…

Your first year of college might be both your most organized and your most disorganized. While you'll be trying your best to keep everything in order, it's also a brand new style of education and schedule - even after four years, a 10 p.m. class might seem unorthodox. But as you get used to college, your organizational habits will fall into place, your internal clock will adjust to your schedules and you'll be amazed how little sleep and individual can get by on - not to mention that you do have a taste for coffee and strong tea.…

Education Aid has announced the winner of the first Awareness and Prevention Scholarship Program in conjunction with Nursing Home Abuse.net. U.S. Navy veteran and single mom Julie Raysbrook, who is studying Human Services at Western Washington University, will receive $5,000 for rent, textbooks and school supplies for the 2012-2013 academic school year.
The scholarship was created to help students pursuing a career that helps raise awareness of elderly abuse and neglect.…

College campuses are busy places, and as a freshman eager to get involved, it can be hard to know where to start. With so many options, how do you whittle down your choices - and where do you even go to become involved? Maybe you want a job working at the library, maybe you really want to plan a party, perhaps you have a factory-farm-free food initiative you want to push or maybe you really just want to be the campus mayor - that friendly guy or gal who knows everyone by name.…

College is undiscovered country, and it's up to you to find some folks to explore it with. While the number one rule of making friends freshman year is realizing that everyone else is in the same boat as you - a little scared and nervous but also excited - the number two rule should be to avoid asking everyone, "What's your major?"
With so many other great questions out there, leave the most common and most academic one for later.…

For most college students who take the opportunity, studying abroad is the highlight of their entire four years. Consider that college itself is likely to be one of the best times of your life, that makes quite a statement for study abroad programs.
Why should you study abroad? For many students it's their first experience in another culture, and while this can initially be shocking, it also offers a sense of adventure and experience.…