Applying for scholarships - expectations?

vballmom
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:38:42 +0000

I have enough in savings for my son to attend his college for 4 years. It’s very likely it will take him 4.5 or 5 years to graduate given his program and the college (electrical engineering at a public school). I’ve told him that any money that’s left over after he graduates is his. He understands that to the extent he can come up with scholarship $$s, this puts more money in his pocket after 4 years, and might very well allow him to attend for 5 years without taking out any loans.

I don’t know where he’d even come up with 50 scholarships that he’d be eligible to apply to. So far we’ve only identified 3 or 4. Most of the ones on fastweb seem like such long shots that they’re not worth the time.