Are there really any "unknown" scholarships?

Barfly
Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:10:12 +0000

Our HS yearbook lists the scholarships won by graduating seniors. That was a great source for my kids - they looked at the past few yearbooks and found a couple scholarships to look into - just googled the names of the scholarships and applied for the couple that looked promising. Remember - the scholarships that are small and for only one year may have the fewest applicants and therefore be the easiest to win!

@Rdtsmith, we did that as well - looked at all the counselors’ websites in our own district, since that is where scholarships are listed, then looked at other high schools’ scholarship lists online. Also, after my oldest wasted lots of time applying for LOTS of scholarships, we got a bit smarter. Now, if the app looks like a lot of work, I google it to see if there are bios posted of previous winners. If all the past winners are way out of my kids’ league, that is usually a signal to not bother (it was a judgment call - for example, if the scholarship is not need based, but all the other winners came from very disadvantaged backgrounds, well perhaps that is one my kid should pass on).