Scholarshipzone

There may be no greater understatement than that romantic relationships in college are tough. Suddenly you're an adult with your own time and agenda, yet your hormones are still running full speed and the bipolar highs and lows of high school drama haven't quite drained out of everyone's systems. So, stuck between maturity and your teens, how do you have a meaningful relationship?…

Everyone has had one, currently has one or will assuredly have one in the future - the impossible-to-please college professor. Whether this individual has a vendetta out specifically for you or seems intent on making your entire class's education a miserable slog, fear not, because there are ways to deal.
Does your professor have an ego overpouring the chamber where his heart should be?…

As the summer campus tours wind up, a new set of high school seniors will be looking toward the future and a spate of essays, short answer questions and applications to compose, respond to and fill out. While the applications will practically complete themselves, the prospect of having to write so much about yourself or a topic of your choice and not Jane Austen, Hamlet or The Battle of Antietam can send a lot of students into a panic.…

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.…

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.…

When applying to colleges your AP class credits, SAT scores, GPA and extracurriculars all make a difference. But the fact of the matter is that numbers blend together, and don't differentiate you from the pack of applicants quite the same way words do. Your chance to really speak to the admissions officers at colleges is through your application essay.
College application essays are an art.…

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?…