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Show Me the Money

Show Me the Money. Presented by Ben Kohl Assistant Director Office of Student Financial Assistance Kansas State University. Show Me the Money. Ben Kohl will show you how to: Prepare for the scholarship application process Apply for scholarships Win scholarships. Show Me the Money.

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Show Me the Money

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  1. Show Me the Money Presented by Ben Kohl Assistant Director Office of Student Financial Assistance Kansas State University

  2. Show Me the Money • Ben Kohl will show you how to: • Prepare for the scholarship application process • Apply for scholarships • Win scholarships

  3. Show Me the Money Office of Student Financial Assistance 104 Fairchild Hall Kansas State University

  4. Show Me the Money • You and your financial aid office • Stop by during the “off season” • Create a relationship with your financial aid advisor • Use prepared resources • Streamline your experience

  5. Show Me the Money Ben’s 6 Scholarship Search Tips 1. Create a portfolio 2. Use the Web 3. Apply for small scholarships 4. Avoid mistakes 5. Stay Organized 6. Never stop searching

  6. Show Me the Money • Sources for Scholarships • Academic Advisor • Local businesses, churches, and community service organizations • Hale Library and local libraries • OSFA, Adult Student Services • Business and industry

  7. Show Me the Money • Tools for the Search • Google Tools • http://calendar.google.com • http://docs.google.com • http://spreadsheets.google.com • http://checkout.google.com • http://reader.google.com • http://www.google.com/alerts

  8. Show Me the Money • Tools for the Search • E-mail • http://www.gmail.com • http://www.yahoo.com • http://www.hotmail.com • Web site and Blog • http://pages.google.com • http://www.wordpress.com

  9. Show Me the Money • Develop your personal brand • Write your story • Key themes • Inventory • Interests • Activities • Membership • Community Service

  10. Show Me the Money • Develop your personal brand • Organize your brand • Use spreadsheet and word processor • Tell your story • Share with friends and family • Develop key words for Web search

  11. Show Me the Money • Your Résumé • Education & Scholastic Achievement • Experience, Training, Employment • Honors, Awards, Membership • Leadership & Community Service • Extra-curricular Activities • Career Ambition: Statement of Goals • References or Reference Letters

  12. Show Me the Money • Web searching • 32 million options? • Refine your search • Use your personal brand key words • Find 100 scholarships in a weekend • Put the application deadline in your calendar • Apply for scholarships 30 min. a day

  13. Show Me the Money • Web sites • www.k-state.edu/sfa • www.collegeanswer.com • www.fastweb.com • www.collegeboard.com • www.scholarshipexperts.com • www.scholarships.com

  14. Show Me the Money • Essays • Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you. • Discuss an issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you. • Explain your career goals and your plans for achieving them.

  15. Show Me the Money • Essay Tips • Overcoming challenges • Highlight accomplishments • Think of the donor • Make it personal • Advisors can proofread • Academic Assistance, 201 Leasure

  16. Show Me the Money • Avoid Scholarship Scams • Anything with a required fee • Asking for non-relevant personal information • Guaranteed scholarship • Receiving letters of potential scholarships you never applied for • “Free” seminars with an up-sell

  17. Show Me the Money • Avoid Scholarship Scams • Asking for bank account numbers • Too good to be true • Interviews in hotels or restaurants

  18. Show Me the Money • Thank the Donor • By letter or e-mail • Short overview of who you are • Why the scholarship is important • Educational and career goals

  19. Show Me the Money • State of Kansas Scholarships • Complete FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov) • Application (www.kansasregents.org) • $10 processing fee • Priority application date is April 1 • Resident of Kansas • Enrolled full-time in a qualified undergraduate program at a Kansas college or university

  20. Show Me the Money • State of Kansas Scholarships • Kansas Ethnic Minority • Kansas Teacher Service • Nursing Service • State of Kansas • Vocational • Kansas Osteopathic Medical Service • Kansas Optometry Service

  21. Show Me the Money • Criteria for K-State Scholarships • Grade Point Average • Involvement in major & department • Leadership involvement • Community service • Membership & Honors • Extra-curricular activities

  22. Show Me the Money • K-State Scholarships • Priority application date is Feb. 1 • Over 4,000 individual scholarships • Over $11 million last year • College & Departmental awards • Apply online • www.k-state.edu/sfa/scholarships

  23. Show Me the Money • What Pays? • Good grades • Stay involved • Good writing skills • Stay organized • Persistence

  24. Show Me the Money • Never Give Up Never give up. Never. Never. Never. Never. In nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give up. Winston Churchill Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Commencement Speech at Harvard University, 1941

  25. Show Me the Money Benjamin E. Kohl Assistant Director Office of Student Financial Assistance Kansas State University 1-877-817-2287 (toll free) finaid@k-state.edu www.k-state.edu/sfa

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