Where to look for free college money - online and offline

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Places to check for Scholarships

Are you going to school right now? Be sure to see your advisor and check on scholarships you may qualify for right where you are. There may be little-known financial help there. Make sure to make an appointment and talk about that at least one time this semester.

Your FAFSA application and scholarships - when you applied for loans, you were automatically sent some scholarship opportunities if you qualified for them.

Checking the usual websites - are you registered for more than one "Search Site" online. They do the work FOR you, sending you email when a scholarship fits your skills, wants or needs, or area. Some popular sites for this (and free) are Fastweb, the Fatomei site, Scholarships.com. A recent posting at USA Today suggests a new site called Zinch.com that looks worth a look too. Their 3-sentence Essay contest that they do each week sounds interesting!
http://www.zinch.com/scholarships/weekly

And don't forget these sites too:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One, and

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

Good luck in your scholarship searching! List your favorites too, as a comment.

Have a great week.

-Betsyanne

File your FAFSA this month (January), plus FAFSA articles for you

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The WKU Financial Aid page, Filing Your FAFSA, lets you know that after January 1st of the year, you need to fill out your FAFSA.

So... if you have not done this yet, NOW is the perfect time.

As many of you may know, student loans are not the only reason to fill out this official form. You can also find out about Scholarship and Grant opportunities at the schools you are interested in.

Find out more from other BA Articles:

Filing Your FAFSA from the WKU page

When should you apply for the FAFSA? (a deadline link is here...)

Are you thinking of going back to school? Some tips (including the FAFSA)

Oh -  and here is the OFFICIAL link. The Official FAFSA Page.

And check out my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

and

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

Betsyanne

Scholarships from Blogs and Postings - MBA Financial Aid information, links for scholarships online.

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Here is some more recent info. about scholarship opportunities and more.

From the from About.com Business School site:

 7 Free Colleges, and

MBA Financial Aid

From the Planning and Preparing for College blog:
SAME U.S. Army Camp, 2014 Buick Achievers Scholarship, the Tom Joiner HBCU Scholarship, and the Common Application overview

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And here are some recent postings here on this blog:

The Best Links for FREE Scholarships and Grants

Scholarship Postings on Google+

The Latest from Scholarship Emails and Sites (Dec. 2013)

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Stay warm!

Betsyanne
 
Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

Find Scholarships and Blogs 2014 - the best links for #FREE #scholarships and #grants

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Scholarships and Grants for 2014 - my favorite listings and sites

Yes, you will find some new #scholarships and #grants for GED's, College, Universities, and Technical Schools, plus graduate student grants and fellowships this year. I will be sharing them as I find them. There are also some tried and true sites and helpful links that I love to share regularly on this blog.

Regular readers will recognize these. Are you actively looking on these sites? It's good if you are.

Here they are:

The OFFICIAL FAFSA site (check here first if you are wanting to go to college or grad school)

The Fatomei/Dr. Torres site (especially helpful for unusual and/or other resources such as graduate school scholarships, internships, and more, plus scholarships and grants) - their description of the site: "Highly competitive and prestigious undergraduate college scholarships, graduate fellowships, education grants, summer jobs & research internships, awards for high school seniors & students, women, minorities, Hispanics, African Americans, nurses, engineers, teachers studying math, science & engineering and health professions from national & international foundations. Free financial aid, student loans, prizes, stipends."

The Fastweb site: sign up here and get your personalized emails about the #scholarships YOU want to find out about.

Add a few more free #scholarship and #grant websites from the Nontraditional Student site 
(Page one ( How to apply and more...)  and Page two (More about the FAFSA and more...) and you are ready to go.

And it doesn't hurt to go to your local Employment office and ask about what might be available for you in terms of work training. You never know!

Just saying.

Here is a bit about me: I am a former Nontraditional Student and Grant "Winner" who never did apply for #scholarships (YET), but who decided to share and research them just in case she wanted to later. 

I love to blog, so added this to my other pages. I hope they are helpful.

Post here if you have some other sites YOU like too.