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Scholarships Search Links

Beware of scholarship scams/fraud. Click here for more information.

These are resources for your search for scholarships. You are advised to pick and choose the links that interest you. Before sending any personal data, please review any privacy policies associated with these websites to determine for yourself if you are comfortable with the security in place. Do not send personal information from any computers at St. Joseph's Academy.

General Scholarship Search Sites

FastWeb
One of the best scholarship search engines on the internet. Register today. Handouts are available. See Mrs. Green for more information.

COLLEGE ANSWER by Sallie Mae.
This is a wonderful college planning website. It is highly recommended that you register and look at this frequently for updated information and contests.

Wiredscholar.com
Another wonderful scholarship search engine sponsored by Sallie Mae. Register today, and look for handouts from your counselors.

Nelnet College Planning Scholarship Search
A search engine in which you put your information and it will find scholarships for which you may qualify.

Nelnet College Scholarship Applications
Scholarships available based on need and sweepstakes chance.

Brokescholar.com
A search engine

Federal Trade Commission
Avaricious folks prey on students with scholarship scams. Check this site to learn the danger signs.

FRESH
Weekly newsletter of scholarship and financial aid information. Also has list of contests students can enter to win money for college.

Scholarship 101
This site offers the light version of this commercially produced college database. Users can fill in the questionnaire and get leads on approximately one-third of the scholarships in this data base or pay $9 to access the entire scholarship database.

ScholarAid
ScholarAid Inc. was founded in January 1998 by Ali M. Azhar and Robert J. Herrin while they attended the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Azhar and Herrin created ScholarAid.com to help students find money for college after experiencing first hand the arduous task of obtaining funds to help offset the cost of college. ScholarAid.com developed a system for indexing scholarships at the national, state and local levels. This was the result of Azhar and Herrin's recognition that a large number of awards at the state and local levels are overlooked by qualified potential applicants. What started out as a home-based project is now a nationally recognized service listing more than 500,000 awards.

The Scholarship Page
Produced by a single person who mounts scholarship information as she finds it. Not a large database but a good one organized by categories.

Student Services
A free scholarship database organized by college major.

MSN Money's College Decision Center
Visit this site to research colleges, financial aid, scholarships and other great information on saving for college.

Want to better manage your finances on the road to college? Click here!

Search for a scholarship opportunity that matches your profile. Check out the financial opportunities for your next four years! Click here!

Scholarships for Minority Students

HISPANIC STUDENTS

Hispanic Scholarship Fund
The Hispanic Scholarship Fund is the largest Hispanic scholarship-granting organization in the nation. HSF provides financial assistance to outstanding Hispanic students in higher education throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. The students represent every region of the country and attend hundreds of institutions of higher education throughout America. Founded in 1975, HSF has awarded more than 45,000 scholarships totaling nearly $60 million.

National Hispanic Scholarship Fund

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists - Rub Salazar Scholarship

National Hispanic Scholarship Fund with the National Society of Hispanic MBAs

First In My family Scholarship

CHINESE AMERICAN STUDENTS

Chinese American Scholarships
Founded in 1973, the Organization of Chinese Americans Inc. (OCA) is a national non-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization of concerned Chinese Americans. OCA is dedicated to securing the rights of Chinese American and Asian American citizens and permanent residents through legislative and policy initiatives at all levels of the government. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of the nearly 2 million citizens and residents of Chinese ancestry in the United States as well as to better the lives of the 10 million Asian Americans across the country.

AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS

United Negro College Fund
UNCF is a fund-raising consortium of 39 private, fully accredited, four-year, historically black colleges and universities. As an educational assistance organization, The College Fund provides operating assistance to its 39 member colleges and universities, administers more than 400 scholarship programs for African American students, provides technical assistance for HBCUs and conducts research and data collection on African American education. In its 55 year history, UNCF has raised more than $1.4 billion to promote higher education achievement in the African American community and has helped to graduate more than 300,000 African Americans from undergraduate and graduate programs.

RMHC/African American Future Achievers Scholarship
This program is a program of Ronald McDonald House Charities' global office and its U.S. chapters. It is one of several RMHC scholarships designed to assist specific students who face a widening education gap. The goal of this RMHC program is to provide scholarships to graduating high school seniors who may need an extra hand getting in and staying in college.

The Jackie Robinson Foundation

LULAC National Scholarship Fund

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund

The Ron Brown Scholar Program

GEM PhD Science Fellowship

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Native American Education Grant

ARMENIAN AMERICAN STUDENTS

Armenian Students Association of America
Nonprofit organization provides scholarships for Armenian Americans.

Scholarships in Health-Related Fields

Discover Nursing
Health Careers Sponsorships
Scholarships for Health Science
Bureau of Health Professions - Health Resources and Services Administration
US Air Force ROTC Pre-Health Scholarships
RMHC/UNCF Health and Medical Scholars Program

General Scholarship Links

Topical Scholarship Link
Free-4U.com Great site; you do not have to register to search for scholarships.

The Scholarship Page
Topical index of scholarships available.

Scholarship Workshop

SRN Express
Scholarship Resource Network Express

Mach25 from College Net

Scholarship Searches from U.S. News and World Report

Minority Online Information Service

CASHE
(College Aid Sources for Higher Education) from Sallie Mae

Gates Millenium Scholars Program - Funded by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

www.StudentRewards.com

www.money.msn.com