Scholarshipzone

If there were an AP English-theme America's Most Wanted, these five errors would have high prices on their heads. While many high school students have mastered the art of writing grammatical sentences, a number of mistakes often slip through and end up right under admissions counselors' noses.
While it's true that a grammar error isn't a deal-breaker with a college, it can certainly misrepresent you to a reader.…

While scholarship hunting usually requires a good deal of consideration and internet research, it can occasionally be as easy as kicking back with a basketball game or checking out the posters on your wall. If you have a favorite actor, comedian, football player, film director, musician or even writer, there's a good chance that celebrity might have his or her own scholarship.…

Most high school students have the basic mathematical capabilities to balance a checkbook, but few have actually done this in their life. Personal fiscal responsibility isn't taught in schools or graded on the SAT, but it can help students get into college nonetheless, especially if they're applying for certain scholarships.
A knowledge of financial literacy helped a number of attendees at Central Scholarships College Cash event last March.…

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.…

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.…

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 high school seniors Macy Harrison and Chris Barnes, the highlight of June 18 may not have been meeting star Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. The two college-bound students joined Manning and the University of Tennessee (UT) chancellor and provost in a ceremony commending their accomplishments and awarding both scholarships to the university.
The scholarship offers the students a full ride to graduation and is funded by private gifts, academic awards garnered during Manning's time at UT as well as donations by Manning himself and his wife Ashley.…

On June 19, Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murphy and Senior Vice President of Comcast's Greater Boston Region Steve Hackley awarded 102 students with more than $111,000 in scholarship funds at the state house. The Comcast Leaders and Achievers scholarship awards students with one-time $1,000 scholarships to the school of their choice. This year's batch of winners were commended for their dedication to their community as well as academics.…

It may feel like culture shock or it may feel like coming home. You'll be both thrilled and intimidated, surrounded by students and professors who share not only your interests but your enthusiasm. You'll spend classes being scared to death and evenings having heart-to-hearts with people who will become lifelong friends. One thing's for sure, you'll know you're not in high school anymore.…