3rd party scholarships ... realistic?

TS0104
Sun, 03 Mar 2019 18:55:51 +0000

Just wanted to post that I’ve had a lot of the same thoughts over the week or two. I did some digging, and it is true that many deadlines have passed (2/28). When I’ve spent a lot of time going through online listings of third party scholarships, even though I filled out a profile, still, about 90% of them were for a school DS doesn’t go to, a county we don’t live in, a company we don’t work for, etc.

I also am not sure about putting in the time for an essay, unless you find one that REALLY suits your daughter. There are a couple of easy ones such as Taco Bell Live Mas (not sure about deadline), a homeless shelter donation video one, here…I’ll post the list of ones I found that seemed not too hard, and still open (NOTE: doesn’t mean I have ANY idea of how hard they are to get. I honestly think chances are slim).

As for motivation, I know many parents who straight out told their kids “if you can’t get the tuition down to $xxxxx, you can’t go there”…and these kids have been searching and applying since late fall.

Here are the “easy” achievable ones that I found:
https://studysoup.com/scholarships/dosomething-homeless-shelter. EASY. Donate to a homeless shelter to get a chance to win a $5000 scholarship

https://www.rover.com/college-scholarship/. Write a 400-500 word essay about how technology makes you feel connected, or not, to society. Deadline 5/1

https://www.rover.com/college-scholarship/. College is power, 150 word essay on why you want to go to college , $1000 due 5/30

http://www.digitalresponsibility.org/scholarships/. Four easy scholarships, short essays on easy topics $1000 first one due 4/30

https://www.moneysolver.org/scholarships/emoji-scholarship/ Describe which emoji describes your life best and why $1000 8/31

https://www.moneysolver.org/scholarships/easter-scholarship/ Create an essay QUESTION based on easter$1000 due 4/30

https://www.moneysolver.org/scholarships/mothers-day-scholarship/ Same org as above, create a mothers’ day card (also one for fathers day)

https://www.floridarentals.com/dream-vacation-scholarship/ Write a $1000 word essay about your dream vacation, $1000 due 8/30