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<p>My daughters bank there too.</p>
<p>My DS3 has earned quite a lot of cash through several science fairs. About $1500. 3 awards. Some of his peers have earned far more than that: $6000+ plus trips to Siemens, INTEL et al.</p>
<p>DS2 earned a $500 scholarship that only required an essay. Might have been a school thing. The recognition alone was wonderful, and after the struggle for him to write that essay, he promised never to complain again! (Let’s see).</p>
<p>DS1 applied to many FastWeb scholarships, at least 10. Not a word. I really wondered if they were legit. He got $10,000 merit, renewable.</p>
<p>Will second the local science fairs. Around here, there are a number of organizations that offer small awards as part of the fair. S brought home $800 for four hours of standing with his poster (which he had already done for other competitions and for school). </p>
<p>Another suggestion: if you win a big award after you’ve already been accepted at a college, LET THAT SCHOOL KNOW. We feel S came by some scholarship $$ because he won a big award and the school saw him as an even more attractive fish to catch.</p>
<p>Laptops as awards are also a great thing. Saved the Bank of Mom and Dad a couple of grand!!</p>
<p>My kids each won enough local scholarships that they were able to purchase MacBook Pros.</p>
<p>One of my kids won a scholarship through Fastweb that didn’t come through until after college started!</p>
<p>TheDad- where can we access the application for your National Bank of Dad scholarship?</p>
<p>With one of my DDs we spent serious time trying to find and apply to many varied awards. The best ones were the kind or ‘regular’ ones- Byrd, University merit awards- for instance Alumni or other campus groups offer merit awards for which you must apply. Since she was a very successful athlete I had he do everything else we could find from Sammi to others on Fastweb, none of those went anywhere.</p>