Scholarshipzone

There are plenty of ways to bungle financial planning for college well after a student's scholarships for college and applications have been approved. 
To warn students away from financial catastrophe, Fox Business spoke to a handful of experts, and released a set of tips for college to help keep students from letting their spending go overboard. Students should keep in mind that getting coffee or lunch at seemingly inexpensive restaurants like Starbucks adds up a lot when it's done every day.…

Noting that college can be a transformative experience for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students who may have experienced discrimination in high school, USA News put together a list of scholarships that aim to give LGBT students more resources to work with as they hash out their financial planning for college.
The Point Foundation, which will be accepting scholarship applications as of Nov.…

Only 15 teenagers have applied for the 2-year-old Jump Start Scholarship program offered by the South Dakota state government, which may provide $18,000 in financial aid for school for go-getters who graduate high school a year early. According to the Argus Leader, qualifying students would study at one of 19 participating South Carolina colleges.
Fort Pierre legislator Ted Perry, who got the idea to sponsor such a bill when he observed a similar program in Indiana, told the news source that he chalks up the lower-than expected number of applicants to poor marketing.…

Writing for The Huffington post, Patrick O'Connor, an Associate Dean of College Counseling at Cranbrook-Kingswood school provided a handful of tips for filling out college applications, to make sure students don't waste admissions officials or their own time during the ever-stressful process of applying to schools.
O'Connor urged hopeful scholars to pay close attention to the application requirements for each college they apply to, as schools often ask for different things.…

An August report from National Public Radio discussed studies which showed that, since 2007, unemployment among single mothers has doubled in the U.S. This trend makes college scholarships for single mothers coping with unemployment or underemployment more crucial than ever.
Individuals whose careers have hit a standstill in the Kansas area may be in luck. Kansas City Community College (KCCC) is doling out financial aid for college to 20 qualifying unemployed adults, covering tuition for unemployed or underemployed individuals looking for certain types of vocational employment.…

No matter what, people are always going to want their hair to look cool, which is why going into the hair styling business may be the right move.
Hair gel manufacturer Smooth n' Shine Polishing has announced that it's providing grants for education in the field of cosmetology, and will accept a scholarship application from any student with an eye towards a career in helping appearance-conscious individuals optimize what lies above their foreheads.…

A North Carolina CEO has contributed $1 million for a nonprofit to provide financial aid for school for children of immigrants who entered this country illegally, according to a report from the Charlotte Observer.
Golden Door - founded by Red Ventures CRO Ric Elias - is designed to offer financial aid for college that would cover tuition and housing, according to the news source.…

Many students have taken advantage of opportunities to make some pocket money for college by serving as subjects for clinical research trials, which are sometimes found under the "ETC" jobs category on Craigslist, or college bulletin boards.
Although sleep studies that require subjects to remain at facilities for consecutive days may be counterproductive for anyone with a full load of classes, that's not the case for all studies.…

Noting that more women than ever are applying for scholarships to further their academic ambitions, Scholarship America compiled a list of institutions that offer scholarships for single moms, which was published by USA Today.
The article highlighted the Jeanette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund, which requires applicants to be over the age of 35, accepted to an accredited college, of a low-income background and interested in technical or vocational schooling.…

The national restaurant chain, McDonald's, recently began posting the calorie counts of its menu options at all 14,000 of its franchises across the U.S. It's been debated whether the company did this out of genuine concern for its customers' health, to augment its dubious reputation for providing nutritional benefits or simply to get a head start on compliance with the Obama administration's healthcare reform laws.…