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Searching for Scholarships

Searching for Scholarships. Stephanie Conrad – Private Scholarship Director Office of Admissions and Financial Aid University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Searching for Scholarships. You will find out how to: prepare for the scholarship application process apply for scholarships

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Searching for Scholarships

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  1. Searching for Scholarships Stephanie Conrad – Private Scholarship Director Office of Admissions and Financial Aid University of Arkansas at Little Rock

  2. Searching for Scholarships • You will find out how to: • prepare for the scholarship application process • apply for scholarships • win scholarships

  3. Searching for Scholarships • You and your financial aid office • Create a relationship with the financial aid advisors • Use prepared electronic resources • Review website and email for updates

  4. Scholarship Search Tips • Create a portfolio • Use the web • Apply for small scholarships • Avoid mistakes • Stay organized • Never stop searching

  5. Develop your Personal Brand • Write your story • Key themes • Inventory • Interests • Activities • Memberships • Community Service

  6. Create your Scholarship Resume • Education & Scholastic Achievement • Experience, Training, and Employment • Honors, Awards, Membership • Leadership and Community Service • Extra-curricular Activities • Career Ambition: Statement of Goals • References or Reference Letters

  7. Sample Essay Topics • 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.

  8. Essay Tips • Overcoming challenges • Highlight accomplishments • Think of the donor • Make it personal • Proofread!

  9. Sources for Scholarships • College advisors • Local businesses, churches, and community service organizations • Local public libraries • Employers and associations • Business and industry

  10. Web Searching • Over 32 million options with “scholarships” • Refine your search • Use your personal brand key words • Find 100 scholarships in a weekend • Put the application deadlines in a calendar • Apply for scholarships 1 hour an evening

  11. Scholarship Information • www.fastweb.com • www.fundmyfuture.info • www.scholarships.com • www.collegeboard.com • www.scholarshipexperts.com Remember that for every ten scholarship you apply for…you will receive one.

  12. Arkansas Department of Higher Education Funding

  13. How to Apply • On-line YOUniversal application is available online at www.adhe.edu • Students must complete the 2012-2013 FAFSA • Deadline for most programs is June 1st

  14. General Eligibility Requirements • US Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident • Arkansas Resident • Attend an Arkansas Institution • No Income Requirement • Complete both the YOUniversal Application and FAFSA

  15. UALR Private Scholarships • Application is available after January 1st. Forms can be completed online was http://ualr.edu/scholarships/private • Application deadline is March 1st • Essay is required

  16. Local Scholarship Resources • Arkansas Community Foundation • Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Pulaski County • Phyllis Keltner Scholarship for Women

  17. Avoid Scholarship Scams • Anything with a required fee • Asking for non-relevant personal information • Guaranteed scholarship • Receiving letters of potential scholarship you never applied for • Free seminars with an up-sell

  18. Scholarship Scams http://ftc.gov/scholarshipscams

  19. What pays? • Good grades • Stay involved • Good writing skills • Stay organized • Persistence

  20. 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 KingdomCommencement Speech Harvard University, 1941

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