Let's make this even simpler by answering one of the most asked questions about scholarships: timing.
Apply for one or however many of the scholarships below you qualify for! And applying for scholarships shouldn’t end after high school. College students should apply for scholarships each year, too!
Remember, the more you apply for, the better your odds are of winning a scholarship. Take a break from social media and set a goal to apply for a few scholarships weekly.
Check out more than ten scholarships you can apply for today:
When should I apply for scholarships?
Most students want to know when they should start applying for scholarships. The best answer is TODAY! Students can sign up for Fastweb at the age of 16 and can start accumulating scholarships to help pay for school, years before even beginning the college application process. Here's the main takeaway: the earlier you begin applying, the more scholarships you'll have a shot at being considered for and have time to win.Fastweb's $2,024 Scholarship Success Sweepstakes
Deadline: 3/19/24$2,000 Sallie Mae Scholarship – No Essay
Deadline: 3/31/24$50,000 ScholarshipOwl No Essay Scholarship
Deadline: 3/31/24$2,500 No-Essay Scholarship – ScholarshipPoints
Deadline: 3/31/24Goodwall #ScholarshipNow Challenge
Deadline: 3/31/24Niche $2,000 No Essay Scholarship
Deadline: 3/31/24Niche $10,000 "No Essay" Scholarship
Deadline: 3/31/24"Unboxing Your Life" Video Scholarship
Deadline: 3/31/24Walgreens Expressions Challenge
Deadline: 3/31/24 The $25,040 "Be Bold" No-Essay Scholarship
Deadline: 4/1/24
Award Amount: $2,024 2024 is the year of scholarship success. Make those scholarship wins happen – Pick a scholarship application goal that works best for you. There’s NO wrong answer! How to Enter: 1. Be a Fastweb member. 2. Answer a multiple-choice question. There’s no wrong answer. 3. Submit your entry by March 19, 2024. You can, and should, enter daily!
Award Amount: $2,000 Sallie Mae will award $2,000 each month to eligible entrants. No essay or account profiles required.
Award Amount: $1,000 We are giving students a chance to win multiple awards and a higher chance of winning. $50,000 scholarship will be divided and awarded to 50 winners. Each month, 4 winners will be selected to earn $1,000 each. And in December 2023, we will select two additional winners, bringing the total to 50 winners until the end of 2023.
Award Amount: $2,500 ScholarshipPoints will award a $2,500 scholarship to one lucky member this quarter. All you have to do to become eligible is become a ScholarshipPoints member and log in. It's simple, fun, and completely free!
Award Amount: $2,500 Participate in the #ScholarshipNow challenge for a chance to win $2,500! To participate, download the Goodwall app and simply share a video telling us how winning this scholarship would help you achieve your educational goals, on the hashtag #ScholarshipNow.
Award Amount: $2,000
We know you are busy and we know that times are tough. That is why we decided to create the easiest possible scholarship to give something back to students. Students can use the money to help cover tuition, housing, meal plans, books, computers, or any education-related expenses. The scholarship is open to all high school and college students and those planning to enroll in the next 12 months.
Award Amount: $10,000
Help cover the cost of college without writing a single essay! Niche is giving one student $10,000 to help pay for tuition, housing, books and other college expenses — no essay required!
Award Amount: $4,000 The "Unboxing Your Life" Video Scholarship is available to high school seniors, undergraduate, and graduate students. To be considered for this award, you must create a five-minute video based on the following prompt: "This Is Who I Am: Unboxing My Life."
Award Amount: $1,500 - $2,000 The Walgreens Expressions Challenge is available to high school students between the ages of 13 and 18. To be considered, you must use your creativity to share how you feel about what is happening in your world through spoken word, visual arts, media arts or creative writing.
Award Amount: $25,040
Build a profile at Bold.org to showcase your goals, achievements, and drive. The $25,000 "Be Bold" Scholarship is a no-essay scholarship that will be awarded to the applicant with the boldest profile. To us, boldest does not mean "best," or "most accomplished." Being bold means being: Earnest, Determined, and Moving. The scholarship will be awarded to the student whose profile is the most bold, according to these characteristics. Check out these Four Scholarship Tips via this Instagram Reel: