Any big scholarships left out there?

llpitch · March 20, 2009, 5:01am

Well not necessarily big, but just are there any left out there that aren’t on fastweb? I’ve pretty much only applied for around 10 scholarships and I only see a couple more on fastweb that I probably have a chance at…where else should I look? Thanks for any help…yeah I’m pretty clueless when it comes to finaid. EFC is 88873 (yea…wow…)Here’s my stats if it helps:

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[] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 (690CR, 780M, 710W, 10E)
[] ACT: 34 (34E, 35M, 34R, 33S, 10E)
[] SAT II: 780 Math2, 770 World History, 660 Physics
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 247
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5’s: World Hist, Statistics, Psychology (self studied), Comp Gov (self studied) 4’s: Eng Lang, Physics B, Euro Hist. 2009 AP Exams: Calc BC (self studying BC), Econ (self studying both), Bio, US Hist, Eng Lit
[] Senior Year Course Load: Band, AP Calc AB, Spanish 3, AP Lit, AP Biology, APUSH (online)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really. Just AP Scholar with Distinction
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[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (Clarinet Section Leader, OBDA Select Band, Hawaii Honor Band twice, 7 years), Marching Band (Clarinet Section Leader, Hawaii All State Marching Band, Marched Rose Parade twice: 2006 and 2009), Mu Alpha Theta (Co-President senior year), Academic WorldQuest (Founder and Team Captain of the 4th/65 place team in Hawaii), NHS, Interact
[] Job/Work Experience: None
[] Volunteer/Community service: Just NHS and Interact
[] Summer Activities: Summer classes, band camp, I moved between my Soph and Junior years. 
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[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeah, but probably not getting any
[] Intended Major: Undecided
[] State (if domestic applicant): Hawaii
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Half White, Half Filipino
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200k+
[*] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Navy brat…not like that’s even a hook lol.[/ul]

miltonmom · March 20, 2009, 9:07am

and you need a scholarship with an $88K EFC why?

Naturally · March 20, 2009, 10:05am

Hey, it never hurts to try to get merit based aid.

OP, do you know what your major is or what you want to do as a career? I’ve seen some very nice scholarships for individual fields of study. And the added bonus of those is that since it isn’t open to every student in the US, you have a better chance of winning. (Less people competing for the scholarship.)

applicannot · March 20, 2009, 10:27am

Because who can actually offer up $88,000? Who’s like, oh, let me go write you a check? Everyone should try for (merit) aid if they can get it. I don’t see any harm in it. Some parents, even 88k EFC parents, will not contribute to the child’s education (it’s a responsibility thing). There are numerous reasons. That’s why we have a need-based system and a merit-based system.

doame · March 21, 2009, 12:20am

IIpitch - we’re in pretty much the same boat. Getting a bit discouraged with all the work applying for scholarships. Haven’t heard back from any yet. All stats are pretty darn close. It’s frustrating… (Make sure you’ve checked with parents/grandparents employeers. Corp scholarships can be good.)

llpitch · March 21, 2009, 4:28am

I really have no clue what I want to major in yet =/ I have been accepted to the Engineering school at UPitt but for pretty much every other college I applied to I applied Undecided.

U.Va_hopeful · April 2, 2009, 4:08am

Hey llpitch, what school do you go to? With stats like that I’m guessing Iolani/Punahou haha. (I’m @ Moanalua) lol
If you’re a Navy Brat and your mom/dad was in the Spouse’s club at Schofield or Ft Shafter you could have applied for their scholarships. My mom talked to the chair of the Schofield Scholarship Committee and only 6 people applied for it, and they have 10K to give away…I’m crossing my fingers for some of that You also could have applied for the Commissary scholarships at the NEX, Hickam, or Schofield. They try to give one or more for each location.
You should look into some of the military dependent scholarships though, there are a lot of them, and there are still some of them open.
sorry most of this info is too late…well. sort of. I mean you would have been my competition lol. Hope it all works out for you!

Any big scholarships left out there?

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