The Betsyanne Find Scholarships and Grants Blog: October 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Things to do in-between your scholarship applications

I have to admit. I have good intentions, but still have not used this blog to fill out my OWN scholarships and blogs and register on all the sites I need to register on.

I did plan it that way, and as a helpful addition to information for nontraditional students, but I'm you know how things can morph sometimes.

So... I am doing things in-between applications. Here are just a few you might like too.

#1. Organize your house. I like the FlyLady site for this. http://www.flylady.net/

#2. Write a novel in the month of November. Just go to the NaNoWriMo site to sign up. http://www.nanowrimo.org/

#3. Start a blog about your educational grant and scholarship search. Then send me the link. I'll be happy to link to it. I use Blogger, but Wordpress is good too, among others.

All for now - so what neat things can YOU suggest in-between scholarship applications?

Let me know with a comment.

-Betsyanne
Former Nontraditional Student

And check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Recent Twitter postings about scholarships and grants

Follow @scholarsgrants

Some Recent Twitters about Scholarships and Grants

You can have some fun and discover new websites and blogs on Twitter. Just go to the Twitter website, http://www.twitter.com and put "scholarships in the search box.

Or go further and put your state name or country in the search box also, using "scholarships and state" and see what pops up.

When I searched tonight under "scholarships" and "Kentucky" (scholarships and Kentucky) I got this twitter:

Dwokki Dwokki

Grant For College | Kentucky Receives $26.9M Federal Education Grant For College Readiness Program … dlvr.it/qKMN7

The search phrase "Scholarships and U.S" brought me some more links:

EACKabul EUSA-Afghanistan

List of U.S. universities and colleges that offer scholarships to International Students fb.me/AoL5trlf

hireb Brian Hire

U.S. Air Force ROTC - College Scholarships and Careers afrotc.com via @addthis

Using just "scholarships" let me see these:

empowermetour EMPOWERME TOUR

Need money? Here's a list of college #scholarships with deadlines in Oct., Nov., and Dec. - uncf.org/forstudents/sc…

FafsaHelp Juan Vasquez

Eastern Michigan University increases scholarship funding by $2.3M: More general fund scholarships will be avail... bit.ly/mXidLc

ScholarshipsGL Scholarships Grants

RT @ScholarshipsUK: scholarshipsgrantsloan.com/1093 Clarendon Fund Scholarships, University of Oxford, UK

Lord_Voldemort7 The Dark Lord

If you are a student (Hogwarts or not), you will likely enjoy @universifree. The best student offers, scholarships and advice.

wkuherald WKU Herald

Office helps students win competitive scholarships at #WKU bit.ly/oH84Rt

You can find interesting people to follow on Twitter and also find new scholarship sites you might like all over the world by using Twitter.

You may already be on Twitter. You can join this site at @scholarsgrants there. See you there!

-Betsyanne

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

You may also like these popular postings:
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Online vs. Face-to-Face classes: Which are better?
Websites and Tips to help you study for that exam or test

Follow @scholarsgrants

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Monday, October 10, 2011

The FAFSA: when should you apply for next year?

The Explorer art is from the Microsoft Clipart Pages.

Exploring the FAFSA...

You can check for your state's FAFSA Deadlines at this page:
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/deadlines.htm

This is the official page to check. I looked up Kentucky's deadlines today. It listed these deadlines for the 2011-2012 school year: The Federal deadline is June 30, 2012. Corrections must be made by September 15, 2012.

(from the website)

College Deadline
Each college may have a different deadline. Check with the college(s) you are interested in attending. You may also want to ask your college about their definition of an application deadline - whether it is the date they receive your FAFSA, or the date your FAFSA is processed."

So, if you are wanting to attend next year, and plan ahead, I'm pretty sure the due dates will be similar. AND the budget crisis being what it is, I would apply right on January 1st of next year. That is the first day to apply. As the FinAid site explains,

"FAFSA Deadlines

Financial aid applications, such as the FAFSA, should be submitted as soon as possible after January 1, but no sooner. You cannot submit the form before January 1, because the need analysis process uses your financial information from the prior tax year when calculating eligibility for the upcoming award year"

You can contact FAFSA directly at this link:

https://fafsa.ed.gov/contact.htm

They have live help here every day but Sunday. They also have an email address at this site.

You can also find out more about Federal Student Aid at this page:

http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/students.html

Here is something new at the site. It's called the FAFSA4caster. You can see what your estimated loan amounts may be and what you qualify for ahead of time.

Here is the page for that:

https://fafsa.ed.gov/FAFSA/app/f4cForm?execution=e2s1

Let me know how this works if you try it!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

New Scholarship sites, Canada, Easy Scholarships, more

Here are some new scholarship sites I'm getting ready to post on the Nontraditional Student website.

The Lincoln Community Foundation, Lincoln, Nebraska.

The College of Southern Maryland Scholarship Finder Page (use Microsoft Internet Explorer)

Fastweb's college matcher page (to go on all the State pages later on)

The Scholarships Canada site

The Online Internet Database (OEDb) Graduate School Scholarships page

The Columbia College, Missouri, Scholarship Finder page.

Easy Scholarships to Apply For

For Canada: Student Scholarships.org

All for now! And good luck on your scholarship search!

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
You may also like these popular postings:
Finding Scholarships and Grants
Online vs. Face-to-Face classes: Which are better?
Websites and Tips to help you study for that exam or test

Thank you for visiting my blog today!