Independent scholarships

ufalumn1997
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 07:27:44 +0000

If you are looking at private schools, you should still apply for need based. With a cost of attendance of 70,000 many people that don’t normally qualify for anything, do. Also, many schools require that to be completed to be considered for merit!

Most of the local scholarships my son applied to could only be used in our state. The local ones also were one time only, so not renewable. Little ones add up though!

The likelihood of getting one of the national merit based awards is slim. Especially because some take need into account even when they say not necessarily need based. My son applied to every single thing he could. He googled, listened to his career counselor at school, and was on top of it. No list existed…He was a semi finalist in 3 major national scholarships. The rejections hurt!