Scholarshipzone

Since its debut, Twitter has quickly become a reigning king of social media. It's simple, haiku-like 140-character parameters means that it stands out from the crowd - fast, efficient and useful. Sounds like a great tool for scholarship seekers, and If you're looking for scholarship opportunities, you're sure to find a few in the Twitterverse.
U.S. News and World Report recently published a story by Scholarship America outlining the top ten Twitter handles for those social network-savvy individuals looking for a little financial assistance for college.…

You've finally wrapped up your college applications, you have some room to breathe, the hints of anxiety about acceptance letters are already tingling and then someone tells you it's time to start the scholarship applications. While not as stressful as the college application process, applying for scholarships is still a lot of work - it requires hunting down, careful consideration, numerous essay drafts and - most of all - a large chunk of your time.…

Dunkin' Donuts has been keeping college kids going for years with delicious coffee ideal for late-night cram sessions and pre-class wake-me-ups, but now they're giving a group of scholars a non-caffeinated advantage in the classroom. The lucky students who won the third annual Dunkin' Donuts Philadelphia Regional Scholarship Program will be taking home $1,000 scholarships for full-time study at any two- or four-year university or vocational-technical school during the upcoming academic year.…

The summer between your junior and senior year of high school is a momentous one and you've likely been traveling all around your region, if not the United States, looking for the ideal school for you. As the summer winds up, there's no better time to fit in a few more campus visits - especially close to home. Making a day trip of it can turn the a college tour into a short vacation for the whole family too.…

While you can expound all you like on Nietzsche, Banach algebra, quantum computing or the linguistic acrobatics of Joyce's Finnegan's Wake in your college or scholarship application essay, a misuse or two of "affect" and "effect" will immediately make you look silly. How do you avoid this deplorable fate? Keep in mind all the various and regular misuses of everyday words, dodge them and search doggedly through your essay for them.…

Grammatical mistakes are common. People tend to write like they talk - which isn't always a bad thing as it gives the writing rhythm and a natural flow - but people don't tend to speak with perfect grammar. This is why it's imperative that students reread application essays over again and share with peers and teachers to comb out even the tiniest of grammatical mistakes that may catch the eyes of scholarship or college admissions readers.…

To begin with, there is no wrong scholarship for anyone. With the exception of those limiting you by geographical region, intended major or gender, there's no reason not to apply for any scholarship you come across. As scholarship application essays tend to range in topic, you'll have to put in some extra work, but recycling and tweaking essays for similar prompts can take under an hour, and with that much tuition assistance on the line, it never hurts to apply - from the National Merit Scholars to opportunities for people who hope to become candy technicians or have an aptitude for duck calling.…

Establishing yourself in high school can be difficult for both young men and women. There are the social stresses to compete with as you try to excel academically and find your own voice in the crowd. The Distinguished Young Women Scholarship seeks out those individuals and gives them an opportunity to really shine.
Many state finals for the scholarship wrapped in early July, and as the current crop of Distinguished Young Women will be heading to college, new state winners will be attending the National competition next June in Mobile, Alabama.…

There's an old joke among realtors and property-investors, and like most old jokes it holds it holds more than a little truth. A young real estate agent asks a veteran of the industry, "What are the three most important factors in a great property?" The veteran responds, without missing a beat, "Location, location, location."
The same could be said of colleges.…

Arriving at college your freshman year, you will feel like an open vessel. The culture shock will wear off, but as it does your mind will be overflowing with new ideas - concepts of economics, an understanding of history and politics, new readings and criticisms in novelists you thought you understood inside and out, complexities of the human organism that transcend AP bio and high school anatomy, a world of paintings or photographers that outstrip your frame of reference by miles.…