Mr. Viebach's "e" Desk

Scholarship

Going to College is easy. Paying for it may seem more like college is out of reach. Well think again. Paying for college is easier then your think, however you will have to hunt and apply for it. The more you apply for the more you get, but remember never QUIT. Below I have included several scholarship search engines. These sites only require limited personal information. They will require you to sign-up for their service. I would suggest doing so, but be sure to read the privacy and use policy. Selecting the wrong box will mean they will share your information with other sources. I have also included the like for FAFSA (Federal Application for Student Aid). This site contains an online application for federal student aid. I would suggest filling out this information ASAP during your senior year. Many scholarships require you to have this information for their applications. Most students qualify for some type of financial aid available through the U.S. government. Every year millions of dollars are not given out because no one applied for them. Remember you will not receive what you do not ask for.

 

Federal Application for Student Aid

FAFSA

I found another way for earning money for college is UPromise. Many companies have joined together to help people pay for college. You basically earn credits towards your college education by purchasing Upromise products. It easy and quite reliable. Most of the products and services listed you probable purchase all the time. Items such as Internet access, gas, food, and clothing. Signing up is free. You can have relatives sign-up too and give the money to you or another family member.

UPromise

Scholarship, loan, and internship search engines

Scholarships

College board

Fast Web - I personally use this one for scholarships. It also list local jobs based on your college selection.

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Sallie Mae - This organization is sponsored by organizations and give students another source of funding via student loans.

 

Before you pay for any company to do a scholarship profile check out the FTC before you do so. There are many evil companies out there steal hard earned money for scholarship information. Learn from my lesson, do your research before you spend money on one of these profiles.

 

 

Quotes

"Boredom is a disease of the imagination." - Benjamin Franklin

"What object of our lives can we propose so important [as establishing a State university]? What interest of our own which ought not to be postponed to this? Health, time, labor -- on what in the single life which nature has given us, can these be better bestowed than on this immortal boon to our country? The exertions and the mortifications are temporary; the benefit eternal." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell,

"I have indeed two great measures at heart, without which no republic can maintain itself in strength: 1. That of general education, to enable every man to judge for himself what will secure or endanger his freedom. 2. To divide every county into hundreds, of such size that all the children of each will be within reach of a central school in it." -- Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 1810. ME 12:393