<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am currently a third year undergraduate student. Additionally, I recently transferred to a different school to help out with family. None of my merit-based scholarships did not transfer with me, and I have a huge bill to pay for my new private school.</p>
<p>To maximize my time and effort, I’m curious of how practical scholarship hunting is. I can normally work about 6-8 hours on the weekends and earn $120-160. Would I be more successful if I channeled this energy and time to scholarship/grant hunting? (which would include extensive probing through all available resources and fulfilling the requirements of the scholarship {i.e. writing essays}) As an amateur scholarship hunter, what would my average monthly revenue in scholarships/grants look like? (I know this is hard to quantify, but please answer according to your experience and intuition.)</p>
<p>If seeking scholarships seems like a better route to pay for college, then I might seriously devote myself to it. But before I make a step, I want to take your advise under consideration.</p>
<p>Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>Have a great day!</p>
<p>dlee262</p>
<p>You would be best served working. At least this way you know that you have money coming in. As a college junior there is going to be very little if any outside scholarship money available.</p>
<p>If it is now costing you more money to be at home because you now have a huge college bill, how is this helping your family? Is it too late to go to back to your previous school?</p>
<p>Thank you sybbie for your kind reply</p>
<p>Yes I am attending at a school closer to home to help out with family, but this deals more with the relational and emotional side, especially for my mother, rather than financial. You probably don’t want to hear my whole life story, and neither do I feel comfortable sharing my personal family life with everyone in public. But I hope that answers your question.</p>
<p>I do agree that working provides a consistent revenue for personal money. However, I do see many essay scholarships ranging from $500-$1000. My writing ability is not stellar, but I am confident that I can produce quality work, and I’m willing to try this out for a month or two to see if I have any talent in winning these kinds of scholarships. After comparing the efficiency between working and scholarship, I would decide which one to continue. Are they pretty hard to win? Does this plan sound unrealistic?</p>
<p>And I can probably go back to my previous school, but I’d rather not. I love the institution, but it seems I am more needed here.</p>
<p>dlee262</p>