Don't get ripped off trying to find a scholarship... some pointers

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Yes, you can get a scholarship. NO, you should NOT have to pay for one!

Now... give me some money!

Some sites will tell you have DO have to pay to get a scholarship. This is just one kind of scholarship scam. There are also scams by so-called "consultants", and promises of a guaranteed scholarship. Don't be fooled by a fake scholarship scam.

This advice especially goes for the Official FAFSA site - - some people are trying to get money from FAFSA applicants by offering their services to get scholarships or loans for students. Don't be fooled. The Official FAFSA site is totally FREE and you can do it yourself.

You can look up "apply for your FAFSA" and get the completely wrong website. It might LOOK right but it isn't. The real FAFSA site is the government site, and has many scholarships there that an be offered to you along with low-rate loans. This is what the official (real) FAFSA site looks like: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.

Here is a page at the Nontrad website that has a FAFSA Filing hints video too, if you are filling out your FAFSA.

Be a detective!

Moving right along, an article at the FinAid site explains that there ARE scholarship scams out there, and that you need to be aware of them. Some scam sites actually "guarantee" you a scholarship, when there actually is no such thing as a guarantee of getting one. You have to be chosen and go through a vetting process for most REAL scholarships.

This article helps you evaluate different websites and consultants out there too, and how to "investigate suspicious offers." Be on the safe side - if a scholarship offer seems bogus, it very well may be.

Catching Scholarship $

Good luck on your scholarship search!

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My Top Ten blog postings for April 2011

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My Top Ten Most Popular Postings on the Find Scholarships and Grants Site for April 2011.

I will be updating this regularly. I figure the most popular articles might also be the BEST articles.

Leave a comment and let me know (A) what you would like me to write about, or (B) which blog posting you personally like the best. Thank you!

#1. (Most popular right now) Scholarships, grants and more links for Native Americans.

#2. Finding Scholarships only YOUR school offers - how an advisor can help.

#3. Are there scholarships for science fiction fans? (yes) 

#4. Green and environmental scholarships 

#5. Are you thinking of going back to school? Here are FAFSA tips and a link.

#6. Some more interesting scholarship sites - for the U.S. and abroad. 

#7. Do you want to get an Art scholarship? 

#8. Two sites for shaking the scholarship and grant money tree.

#9. Ten great links for scholarships and grants

#10. State Specific Scholarships to add to your list

Bloggers: Do you want to find out which of YOUR blog pages are the most popular? Just join the (free) Statcounter site at http://statcounter.com/ and start finding out a LOT more about your blog.

All for now,

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Internships and summer jobs - have you applied for one?

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About Internships... (and summer jobs)

I didn't know much about internships until I was back in school. I was taking a journalism class, and found out about some great internships that were offered through the Journalism Department at WKU.

For those who are not in the know, Internships are largely unpaid opportunities to work in business or a nonprofit and get good recommendations, job experience, and references.

Often, students will intern in the summertime and go to school during the regular school year.

An internship is NOT a scholarship or a grant, but can be just as competitive. It is an opportunity to find out more about a subject, and to make contacts too.


How to get one? Simply ask your school departments OR teachers about them. You can also look up internships from a book or online.


Following are just a few helpful pages and links about internships.

Learning a lot. From the Microsoft Clipart pages.

The Fatomei Internship page
InternZoo - has ads for intern jobs.
The White House internship (apply in May)
NPR Internships
Mercy Corps internship in International Development (also learning about International relief and development).
Monster College List of Internships
New England Aquarium Internships
The DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center internships
Internship opportunities by AAAnet (American Anthropological Assn.)
The Michigan University State Libraries list of internships - this site warns you against paying for information or hiring a firm to place you. You can do this all for free yourself.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Internship (The application for 2012-13 is available in the Fall of 2011.)
Internships at the Smithsonian (applications are now online)
The CoolWorks site: It looks like employers pay for their ads, you as a job seeker, do not. There are jobs here at nonprofits that may qualify as an internship. Check it out.

Have a favorite site to add? Let me know in the comments below. Thanks!

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Five Super-Terrific Scholarship Sites

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What makes a Scholarship site super-terrific? Well, one things that does it is being free to use. Another plus that helps is having a LOT of information on the site. And another is quality. Quality sites, quality navigation, and quality scholarships to win.

Here are five really great scholarship sites you can use right now. Some require registration, but that is to match scholarships up to you most precisely.

#1. The official FAFSA site - I always come back to this site, because it's so important to fill this out and go to the FREE official site to do so. This site is not just a loan site. It contains MANY state-specific and other scholarships that will be offered to you if you qualify and fill out the form.

#2. The FinAid site: The FinAid site is a public service site that tells you what kinds of scholarships there are, what kinds of loans there are available, and lots more. Have a question? They have many pages to read about it. It also explains how to use the next site, Fastweb. This site also explains how to NOT get scammed.

#3. Fastweb: register here, and the huge database of FastWeb searches scholarships for you. This site is absolutely free. They also have many explanation pages and match awards to your profile.

#4.The Fatomei site, or the Dr Torres site. This is a much lesser known site, but has a LOT of links and information about not just scholarships, but also grants and graduate school money. When I first discovered this site, I was so excited to see so many links listed. Just click on the area of interest, scroll down, and you will see what I mean.

#5. BrokeScholar.com - this site has such a funny name, but isn't it true? Students who are in school usually ARE broke, and need money. This is another great and free site that matches scholarships to the scholars that need them. Their description says that they have MILLIONS of scholarships, grants, and fellowships in their database.

I hope these are helpful. Good luck with your scholarship search!

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Veterinary School Scholarships

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This vet enjoys her work a lot.

Veterinary School Scholarships

I got the impression looking these Veterinary scholarship links up today that vet scholarships were few and far between. 

But there seem to be a lot of them left. A few had bad links. So maybe just SOME scholarships were discontinued? I don't know.

But I do have a strong feeling there are a lot more scholarships out there for veterinary students. These make a good start.

Veterinary Student Scholarships from the Scholarships.org site:

http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/vet.htm

Edu In Review long list of Veterinary Scholarships

http://www.eduinreview.com/scholarships/subcategories/veterinary-scholarships/

The Top Ten Veterinary College Scholarships and Grants from the EducationGuys

This one is from a new source. I like how they have the links right there. You don’t have to look them up…

http://www.veterinarianschoolguys.com/careers/top-10-veterinary-college-scholarships-and-grants/

The AWV (The Association for Women Veterinarians) has several scholarships. You can find the current information here: http://www.womenveterinarians.org/Main.aspx.

The American Veterinary Medical Foundation also awards scholarships and grants. Find out more at their Sholarships page: http://www.avmf.org/whatwedo/scholarships/

The New England Scholarship Fund: http://www.veterinaryscholarshiptrust.org/index.pml

AVMF Scholarships (Pfizer)

http://www.avmf.org/news/2011/01/31/news/avmf-veterinary-scholarship-program/

This Foundation includes one from the Winn Feline Association, which goes to a student who “demonstrates a keen interest in cats.”

The Georgia Veterinary Technician and Assistant Association

Veterinary Technology Scholarships page

http://gvtaa.org/scholarships

The Georgia Veterinary Medical Association scholarships

http://www.gvma.net/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3318

The Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association and Foundation Veterinary Scholarships (2)

http://kycattle.org/VetScholarship.aspx

Scholarships to the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine

(many scholarship links!)

http://www.vetmed.wisc.edu/Scholarship_list.58.1.html

The Oregon State College of Veterinary Medicine scholarships page

(a long list)

http://oregonstate.edu/vetmed/students/current/scholarships

APHIS Scholarships (The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/audience/students.shtml

Scholarships available at Texas A & M Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences school:

http://vetmed.tamu.edu/bims/current/scholarships

The Canidae Pet Food Scholarship (2011 will be posted here later)

http://www.canidae.com/scholarships/

Download a pdf file of scholarships to Colorado State in the field of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences:

www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/cvmbs/PVMscholarships.pdf

Scholarships through the Army ROTC

http://vetopportunities.amedd.army.mil/hpsp.html

The American Kennel Club scholarships

http://www.akc.org/news/index.cfm?article_id=3556

Scholarships to the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine:

http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/admissions/scholarships-svm.asp

Indiana Veterinary Medicine Association scholarships

http://www.invma.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=194

Veterinary Schools outside the US

Grenada: St. George’s University School of Veterinary Medicine – Scholarship page

http://www.sgu.edu/financial-services/svm-scholarships.html

Get a scholarship for an international student at the Royal Veterinary College in London:

http://the-scholarship.info/uk-undergraduate-veterinary-scholarship-for-international-students-the-royal-veterinary-college.html/

How to make sure you are attending a good, accredited college:

http://www.avma.org/education/cvea/default.asp

I hope these links are useful to you, future Veterinarians, Technicians, Teachers and Researchers!

 




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Music Scholarship links

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MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP LINKS.

Here are some Music Scholarship links from reputable sites to help you in your scholarship search. Many of these sites have many scholarships in their lists to get some heavy-duty applications going. good luck, music majors and talented singers, composers, instrumentalists and other talented musicians!

A note: always check the accreditation of any school with a music program. This includes checking for whether or not you can transfer credits to another school of your choosing if you decide to do so later.

The Music Scholarship links page from Scholarships.com
Summer scholarships and programs at Interlochen, Michigan
McNally Smith's College links (including general Music Scholarship links... just scroll down for those).
The ASCAP Foundation Scholarships and grants (ASCAP stands for the American Society of Composers, Authors, & Publishers).
The OEdb Music Scholarship database page
Lawrence University (Wis.) Music Scholarships page
Oklahoma State University Music Scholarships page (this page includes audition tips)
Music Scholarships at Mesa State College (Colorado)
Music Scholarships at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
Music Scholarships at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Texas Women's University Music Scholarships page
Iowa State Music and Theater Scholarships
Florida Atlantic University Music Scholarships
Scholarship resources from the National Association for Music Education (MENC)
The New England Conservatory Scholarship Resources page
The Rudi E. Scheit School of Music Undergraduate Scholarships page (U. of Memphis)
Texas A & M Music Scholarships
Scholarships to the University of Northern Iowa in Music
Edinboro University (Pennsylvania) Music Scholarships

And here is a super resource from the Indiana University School of Music: Worldwide Internet Music Resources. Here current and future music students can check out the very best music schools and see what Scholarship and Grant resources they have.
Here is that link: Schools and Departments of Music by Country. This list includes a huge list of U.S. schools too.

I hope you find these resources helpful. List your favorite music school or scholarship resource as a comment. Thanks!

-Betsyanne

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Here are all kinds of Science scholarship link pages

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Science Scholarships

Here are some good links I found today online. There are also many more science scholarships listed at schools in your state. I would start with them. These sites have some very interesting links too.

Biology Scholarships from the Fatomei site

(This site has many other scholarships listed)

http://scholarships.fatomei.com/biology-scholarships.html

The Official FAFSA site

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Scholarships at the Science.net site

http://www.cse.emory.edu/sciencenet/undergrad/scholarships.html

Science Scholarships at the Asee.org site

http://blogs.asee.org/fellowships/science-and-engineering-fellowships-and-scholarships/

National Science Foundation Scholarships

http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5257

Oregon State’s College of Science Scholarship Information page

(They award over 100 scholarships per year!)

http://www.science.oregonstate.edu/node/108

Baylor University’s Science Scholarship page

http://www.baylor.edu/scholarships/index.php?id=22839

Scholarships at Virginia Tech

http://www.cs.vt.edu/undergraduate/scholarships

Political Science scholarships page at the College Scholarships.org page

http://www.collegescholarships.org/scholarships/social-science/political.htm

The California Marine Sciences Scholarship

http://www.cencal.org/scholarship.html

Minnesota State University Biological Science scholarships page

http://cset.mnsu.edu/biology/scholarships/

The American Nuclear Society Scholarships

http://www.ans.org/honors/scholarships/

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society scholarships page

http://www.aises.org/Programs/ScholarshipsandInternships/Scholarships

CollegeAid.com Science Scholarships page

http://www.collegeaid.com/scholarships/state-all/science/degree-all/ethnicity-all/community%20college.php

Computer Science Scholarships from the Scholarships and Grants.us site

http://www.scholarshipsandgrants.us/computer-science-scholarships/computerscience-scholarships-bystates.html

The University of Texas at El Paso has a big Science Scholarships page

http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=60335

The New York State Higher Education Services Corporation has NYS Math and Science Teaching Incentive scholarships at this page:

http://www.hesc.com/content.nsf/sfc/NYS_Math_and_Science_Teaching_Incentive_Scholarships

Actuarial Science Scholarships from the Unversity of Iowa

http://www.stat.uiowa.edu/actuarial/2009Scholarships.html

Texas A & M College of Science Scholarships

http://www.science.tamu.edu/scholarships/

Biomedical Science Scholarshiips from the BSCP (Biomedical Science Careers Program) site:

http://www.bscp.org/scholarships.asp

Happy Scholarship hunting!

-Betsyanne