Fastweb and Monster have joined forces. Also: here is the FAFSA deadline link.

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Sometimes I am very tempted to register on Fastweb.

Here is their new signup page that combines with Monster, which is a great job-finding service.

The Fastweb and Monster Sign-up Page

Just register here, and Fastweb/Monster will let you know what scholarships match up for you.

I think if I did not have about ten projects going right now, I might sign up. For everyone who is going to school, or thinking about it, this service is FREE and easy to do.

Plus it is very individualized. Also, filling out your FAFSA is also a good idea if you are thinking about school in your future.

Good luck, everyone!

Betsyanne

Also FAFSA deadlines are here: http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/deadlines.htm.

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
 
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

You may also like:

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FYI: National University Rankings via U.S. News

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Today I ran across this.

It is a list of the BEST U.S. schools. They have descriptions and more. This would be really fun to read, especially if you are considering attending one of these schools.

Here is their description of the page:

"Schools in the National Universities category, such as Columbia University and Stanford University, offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master's and Ph.D. programs. These colleges also are committed to producing groundbreaking research."

Another thing  - - if you missed out going to your favorite school, you can often take courses online now or for graduate school too. 

This site directs you to their online magazine, College Compass - - which is a paid magazine, and costs $29.95 for a year of access.

They also have a free Paying for College page with access to some of their best articles.

Do you have a favorite school that might be on this Best of Colleges list?

Comment below and let us know.

And good luck on your scholarship search!

Betsyanne
Former Nontraditional Student
WKU

Check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

Scholarships to other countries PLUS tuition-free schools in Europe

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Here are two great articles I found today.  

They are both on the Scholars4dev.com site. The first one is Foreign Government Scholarships for International Students from Developing Countries.

If you do not qualify for a scholarship, you may still study in other countries at some free universities. However, you must still pay room and board, and sometimes other fees.

Check that article out here: Tuition-Free Universities and Colleges in Europe for International Stsudents / 2012-2013 Scholarships

Thanks for stopping by today, and good luck on your scholarship search!

Betsyanne

Also check out my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One, and

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

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Learn "About" Scholarships at the About.com site

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Are you looking for a scholarship or grant? Check out the About.com pages.

This money is clipped from art at the WikiMedia.org site.

The About.com site has pages about many subjects.

Some of these pages that have information about scholarships. They include:

Scholarships for Private School

Single Parent Scholarships

LGBT Scholarships

Autism Scholarships for College

Finding and Applying for College Scholarships (from the Parenting/Fatherhood pages)

Tips on Getting College Scholarships

Scholarships for Psychology Students

College ADHD Scholarships

Scholarships for Twins and Muliples

Asthma Scholarships

Pittsburgh Scholarships for HS Seniors

Student Essay Contests 

Searching for College Scholarships

Paying for Business School - - Scholarships

and a video: How to get a Scholarship

I hope you find these helpful. Good luck on your scholarship search!

Betsyanne

And be sure to check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:

Scholarships Links and Tips Page One

Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

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Get a Digital and New Media Scholarship - New!

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New Digital and New Media Scholarship from AP and Google!

Original photo by Fora do Eixo on Flickr.

This $20,000 scholarship is new and will be administered by the Online News Association.

The deadline is January 27th. Here is a little about this new scholarship from the website:

"The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program will provide $20,000 scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year to six promising undergraduate or graduate students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at the intersection of journalism, computer science and new media."

Winners of this scholarship will also get a membership to the Online News Association for one year and can attend the 2012 Conference in San Francisco.
You can find out more at the Scholarship page here:

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship.

Good luck!

Betsyanne

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Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two
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Have a great holiday week - from the FS Blog - plus some Scholarship Twitters

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 Hi, scholarship seekers!

Today I am listing some great tweets from Scholarships and Grants on Twitter.

Just "like" me there if you are on Twitter too.

Here are some of my favorite tweets from the last few weeks and months:

The Associated Press has new plug-in proofing software for MS Word - AP Styleguard - via Mashable: http://goo.gl/iOwhK  #proofing #writers

Google and AP to fund Digital Journalists of the Future http://goo.gl/hBfIC  #scholarship #scholarships

U.S. Teaching Scholarships - - and where you can find them http://nblo.gs/hH756  #teaching #scholarships

Good luck on finals, nontraditional students and all students! http://goo.gl/kLxxF  #finals #college #GED

New - via Yahoo: The digital ways kids cheat http://goo.gl/hoqzo  #cheating #exams #teaching

Big changes to Federal Student loans in 2012 http://ht.ly/7YFKK   #loans #college

I hope you enjoy these. I am thinking of putting these on once a week.

Leave a comment! I would love that.

-Betsyanne
Scholarships and Grants on Twitter

I have two other Twitter accounts too - just click on the link, then hit "follow" to follow my Twitters.
@betsyanne and
@nontrads

And check my Nontrads Scholarship pages:
Scholarships Links and Tips Page One
Scholarships Links and Tips Page Two

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My five most popular post pages

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Image by haagenjerrys via FlickrHere are the five most popular and read pages here on the Find Scholarships and Grants blog site:



#1: Get Organized - and keep track of your scholarship and grant applications. This posting helps you get organized in your scholarship and grant search. Included are other helpful links, including the College Answer Guy site.


#2. My Top Ten List of Scholarship and Grant Sites. This list helps you find quality, free sites where you can register and find scholarships and/or grants.


#3. Two sites for shaking the College Scholarship and Grant Money Tree: One is a page I personally designed, and the other is one of the most popular free scholarship sites ever.

4. Another Great Scholarship Page - check here for the link to College Scholarship pages, which feature some links I have never seen before, but look really good.


And finally,

#5. Official U.S. Scholarship and Grant Pages - these U.S. official pages feature government sites and links that are full of great hints and ways to get money from the U.S. government for school.


I hope you find these popular pages helpful. 

-Betsyanne


Do you have a favorite site you would like listed here? Just leave a comment at the end of this posting.



Find free quality scholarships at the Nontrad site: Page One and Page Two.


Good luck on your scholarship and grant search!

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A new article from NASFAA - Eight Steps to Winning a Scholarship

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This great article really jumped out at me today.

Eight Steps to Winning a Scholarship. 

This article is by the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. They list eight great ways to get a scholarship. They are: (their words in bold italic):
 #1: Consult your Financial Aid office. This is a great idea, because they often know of local aid and scholarships, which are easier to get.
#2. Contact your academic department. They can know of other aid packages or where to point to others. (I had not thought of this - - it is a great idea).
#3. Use a free scholarship search engine. You can find some suggestions on the Nontrads Scholarships
Page here: http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships.html. The best sites I have found include the Fastweb search pages and the Broke Scholar search site.
#4. Don't assume: you still may be able to get a scholarship if you don't have straight A's. The article suggests you look for aid in your personal areas of interest or hobbies.
#5. Write that essay... the places that require essays have less competition, according to the article. It helps to practice, too.
#6. Stack up the small scholarships... many small scholarships can really add up. Don't overlook a scholarship just because it is small.
#7. Apply early - this applies to everyone. The article goes on to say that people applying in high school can always re-apply the next year.
#8. Don't get scammed... the article warns of sites that charge you in order to give you tips or scholarship aid. Watch out for scammy sites and protect yourself by using sites that do not charge you.
I would add at least one more tip - - fill out your FAFSA first! (the official site is here.)
Also: you can look for more scholarship links at the NT Scholarship pages: page one and page two.
Good luck!
Read more here:
8 Steps to Winning A Scholarship
-Betsyanne 
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The Perfect Scholarship

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 Scholarship Dreaming

My dream: getting a full ride scholarship and taking any classes I want to.

The scholarship would last for as many years as I want, and also pay for lunches, Spring and Fall break travel, books and supplies (including all my art supplies).

This scholarship would increase every year to cover any rises in materials cost or tuition.

Pie in the Sky! But it sure sounds great.

Does anyone out there know of a Scholarship like this? I think it's called Winning the Lottery but I'm not sure.

I will keep my fingers crossed!

Here is where you can find good and free scholarship links:
The Nontraditional Student Scholarship Page

More handy links:
The Nontraditional Student blog
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Another great scholarship page discovery

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 Here are today's scholarship discoveries. I am especially interested in scholarships for nontraditional students. I found one great page here:

The College Scholarships pages Nontraditional Student Scholarships page.


This page has nine+ different scholarships listed. They are the ASIST Scholarship, the Leading the Future Scholarship, the Rogins/Braswell National Scholarship,
the Datatel Scholars Foundation Returning Student Scholarship, the Talbot's Women's Scholarship Fund, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Program, the North Iowa Community College Scholarship for Adult Students, Providence College's School of Continuing Education Scholarships (they have 5 different ones.), and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Scholarships (they have 4).

This is a great and helpful page. Thanks, College Scholarship Pages!

-Betsyanne

You can find more free scholarship links at the Nontrad Scholarship Links page here:
http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships.html

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Find Good Scholarship Links on Squidoo

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Creative Commons ShareAlike Attribution license.
You can see his photography website here: http://www.joiseyshowaa.com/ 
 


Are you on Squidoo? I am a Squidoo lensmaster, which just means I make Squidoo lenses (pages) on Squidoo. I am (this summer) in a group called RocketMoms. They have a different subject each week, and we members write about that subject, in order to get going on our number of lenses, which are like web pages, only with sections.

When you get 50 good lenses, you can apply to be a Giant Squid. Soon, I am going to write a Squidoo lens about scholarships.

But before I do, I want to see what information is there about scholarships and grants. I will share this with you today.

#1. The Ultimate Guide to College Funding - I like this Squidoo lens because it explains about college loans, how to fill out your FAFSA form, military scholarships, and more. It is definitely worth a look.

#2. Guide to Becoming a Nurse - this Squidoo lens has help for anyone who wants to become a nurse. Of course, it also contains scholarship links, but also describes the different kinds of nurses you can become, and also helps you think about choosing a school and getting through your first year.

#3. Scholarship Sweepstakes Giveaways - this lens is just plain fun. Find out what scholarship sweepstakes are out there, and enter them. The author also explains how to look out for scholarship sweepstakes scams. I like it!

When you go to each Squidoo lens, make sure to favorite it if you like it (at the top) and make a comment to the author (at the bottom). This will make their day, and help their lens get a good rating.

I have made some Squidoo pages, and soon will have a new Scholarships lens. Here are a few of my most popular Squidoo pages:


Ellison Bay, Wisconsin (the place is definitely worth a visit)
Free Clipart and Photo Sites
Tandoori Chicken
Fun Things to Do in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and
Free Squidoo Secrets: my beginner's guide to Squidoo

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My Top Ten list of College Scholarship and Grant Sites

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I like to talk about my favorite scholarship search sites. This is my first Top Ten list.

 My Top Ten List

of Scholarship and Grant Sites

#1. The official FAFSA page at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/. This page is a must for people who want to see what loans or grants they can get via the U.S. government.

#2. The FastWeb site at http://www.fastweb.com/. This site is now celebrating its 15th anniversary. It is a free site, with many different scholarships listed. You register there and FastWeb matches you up with the scholarships that most fit your profile.

#3. The Scholarships.com site  at http://www.scholarships.com/. This site has been recommended on many other websites as being a quality site with many links and resources. 

#4. College Scholarships and Online Degrees and Scholarships - - these two websites are owned by the same people. If you link to them on your page, they will help you learn about how to promote your site. They also have great information and link pages on their sites, plus even more specialized websites too.

#5. The FastAid site at http://www.fastaid.com/ Their link here explains how the FAFSA works, and also give tips to international students and has 10 questions you can ask your Financial Aid Administrator.

#6. Fresch at http://www.freschinfo.com/index.php Fresch has a big database of over 450,000 awards, plus many other information pages for scholarship hunters.

#7. The Grants Site at http://www.grants.gov. This site has a huge number of grants, a special resource page, and more. From the website, "Today, Grants.gov is a central storehouse for information on over 1,000 grant programs and provides access to approximately $500 billion in annual awards."

#8. The College Board Pay for College Page at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/index.html. This page answers many questions - - such as How Financial Aid Works, and Top Questions for the Aid Office. It is a free site too.

#9. The Mapping Your Future Resource Page at http://mappingyourfuture.org/paying/scholarshipresources.htm. This page contains 16 links to great scholarship resources. They already have FastWeb listed too.

#10. Last I list my two resource pages on the Nontraditional Student website, which feature more scholarship and grant links too. These pages are here:
The Scholarship Links Page One at http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships.html, and The Scholarship Links Page Two at http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships_page2.html. You will also see advice here on how best to fund your education.

I hope you find this list useful. Please let me know what scholarship and grant sites you like too - and your successes if you use this list. Good luck!

All for now,
-Betsyanne


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Add these new links to your scholarship search arsenal!

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More Great Scholarship Link Pages

I found even more scholarship links today, some in surprising places! I have not tested these links or have much information on them, but they are new and different. I think they would be definitely worth a look.

Here is a short list:

#1: The Scholarship Link List from DormBuys.com. This link list includes the United Negro College Fund site and IEFA.org, which stands for International Education Financial Aid. Here is that link:
http://www.dormbuys.com/scholarships

#2: Here is the College at Brockport's list. It includes some other new sites, such as Adventures in Education, Club Scholarship, and  the International Scholarships Database. Let me know which ones you try out and like. The site is here:
http://www.brockport.edu/scholarships/links/search.html

#3:  The Scholarship America site - this is a .org site, which is usually a good sign (a nonprofit site). Some new links here include the College Goal Sunday site, AidScholar, Edvisors, and Students.gov.

I like these new resources!

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More Stories from Real People - How they got their scholarships

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Some real people and how they got their scholarships.

#1. The first story I found today was that of klmagpayo. She has a Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/klmagpayo, and a Hubpage story about her Scholarship journey. Klmagpayo worked very hard, but then was turned down for a scholarship. It was then she went on to try even harder and had a very tight deadline for another scholarship. You can read her story here:
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-I-got-my-scholarship. Klmagpayo lives in Berlin, Germany.

#2. Here are 10 stories about scholarship winners. They are "10 Beautiful, Smart Celebrities who Got a Scholarship to College." http://www.online-college-blog.com/index.php/uncategorized/10-beautiful-smart-celebrities-who-got-a-scholarship-to-college/

#3. And here is the story of a bicyclist who won a $1,000 scholarship from the League of American Bicyclists. The money is to be used to attend the National Bike Summit. Here is that link:
http://commutebybike.com/2009/01/28/hey-ma-i-won-a-scholarship/

Have YOU won a scholarship? This blog would love to print your story. Send it to me or list your link below. Good luck, everyone who is applying for scholarships right now.

All for now,
-Betsyanne

PS You can find scholarship links (free ones) at my Nontrad Site here:
http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships.html
and here:
http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships_page2.html

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A great page at the FinAid site - what are the odds of winning different kinds of scholarships?

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Here is a link you will like.

It's from the FinAid site. This page answers some questions. For instance, it explains that the odds of winning a scholarship depends on how competitive they are. The most competitive awards have about a 1 in 400 chance. But (on the hopeful side) the less competitive ones have a 1 in 10 chance of you winning it.

The FinAid site goes on to explain why some scholarships are offered, and what you need in order to qualify for them. You can sign up on this page to see if you match with the scholarships they have listed. This is a totally free service.

Also, this page (at the bottom) also has links to these pages:

Searching for Scholarships

Getting Organized

Advance Preparation

Essays

Letters of Recommendation

Interviews 

Here is the main page of the FinAid site. It's one of my very favorite scholarship search sites.
http://www.finaid.org/


-Betsyanne

You can find other scholarship links at the Nontrad site here:
http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships.html

and here:
http://www.nontradstudents.com/scholarships_page2.html

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