Scholarshipzone

While there's no doubt that every college freshman can always use a ziplock bag filled with baked goods and a few new pairs of socks, don't be afraid to employ a little more imagination with your care packages. Most students will have enough pens, pencils and notebooks to last them a lifetime. And while a local newspaper from home is a kind gesture, it's just as easy to email them a link to the paper's website.…

The sudden freedom of freshman year can often inspire a spending spree in freshman students. But it's important and essential to learn that becoming an adult doesn't mean you've got an adult's bank account. Students are stereotyped as impoverished for a reason - you're working for grades not paychecks, and what little money you have usually needs to go to the essentials.…

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?…

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.…

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.…

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.…

For those public school students who tend to walk into a Barnes and Noble and pick up a new paperback for fifteen dollars, the college bookstore can be a 1.21 gigawatt shock. Suddenly textbooks are going to cost you a full paycheck, and you're worried that you'll never be able to spend your Christmas money on anything fun again.
Fear not, although it's always nice to help out your school with a donation after you graduate, if you don't patronize the school bookstore while you're a student no one will hold it against you (they'll make plenty selling you mozzarella sticks and curly fries at 2am).…

Many colleges suggest - and some even require - that students undertake internships either during summer or winter break. For most students it's a great opportunity (you worked at a real music studio!), or at the very least a learning experience (you went on a lot of coffee runs) - but for others it's a moment of panic.
How do you find an internship?…

For once, being an expert video gamer might help you with college more than double-checking your calculus homework. Announced at the 2012 E3 expo, video game broadcasting community TwitchTV and gaming hardware developer Alienware are teaming up to create a scholarship for those students with a passion for gaming.
The 2012 TwitchTV and Alienware Scholarship consists of $50,000 to be split among five winning students.…

Taking a term - or even a year - away from your campus, friends and professors can seem like a daunting commitment, And it definitely is. Studying abroad isn't for everybody, but it is for many people.
Living in another country is an opportunity most students won't be able to take once they graduate. Studying abroad gives you much more than an alternative to your education, it gives you an alternative to your lifestyle.…