Tips for scholarship-seeking students and parents
October 2, 2012
In light of the rising cost of a college education, a mother and daughter wrote about their experiences attempting to find financial aid for college in USA Today.
Stating that scholarships helped them manage to completely eschew taking out loans, Julie Mayfield and her daughter, Lindsey, advise that parents looking for help putting their child through college should ask their employer if it provides scholarships for its workers' offspring. The high school a student will soon depart could also offer scholarships, as could some community organizations. The Mayfields note that they received a $500 scholarship from Lindsey's old softball team as an example of scholarships students can receive from a community organization.
The writers go on to state that local religious organizations hopeful scholars could be involved in may also have programs in place to help its faithful with financial planning for college. Scholarships specific to a student's expected field of study are common, and financial aid for school could also come from campus groups such as sororities and fraternities.
According to FinAid, the number of scholarships awarded to incoming college students by various organizations and institutions each year is up in the hundreds of thousands.
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