Overqualified for too many scholarships?

Paying for College
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I just found that my EFC is 33k. I was looking at various big-name scholarships that give out large amounts of money. e.g. GE-Reagan Foundation, Lowe’s, Best-Buy’s, etc. I am wondering if I should even apply to them anymore. I feel like it would be pointless because I am overqualified. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>Any help would be much appreciated.</p>

<p>EDIT: ‘overqualified’ as in not in dire need of financial aid…</p>

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<p>I’m not familiar with these scholarships. Do these scholarships ask for financial information as a part of their application? If they do, I would agree that it may not be worth it unless you have some type of compelling reason to need the money, but if they are purely merit-based, you should definitely go for it.</p>

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<p>As mentioned above, the merit-based scholarships are the ones to go for you. Because, obviously if it’s financial aid-based scholarships, you wont qualify for most (as you mentioned, not in dire need of aid).</p>

<p>Try asking the nearest school or the one you wish to go to about merit-based scholarships and see which ones you qualify for. Don’t miss any due dates.</p>