Between juggling your heavy course load, a part-time job and the distant remains of a social life, searching for scholarships is the last thing you feel like doing - especially because you may assume that, since you're a college student you won't win a scholarship anyway.
False. College students win scholarships all the time.
Seriously, those tuition bills aren’t going to pay themselves and, with the cost of college these days, you need scholarships more than ever.
The good news is, we’ve done the heavy lifting (searching) for you. Now, all you need to do is apply!
Here are scholarships that college students qualify for:
Available to: High School Seniors through College Seniors
Award Amount: $1,000 The $1,000 Financial Freedom Scholarship is open to current full-time college students. You must submit an essay of between 1,000 and 2,000 words on what financial freedom means to you, why it is important and how you will achieve it in order to be considered for this award. Learn more about the $1,000 Financial Freedom Scholarship.
Available to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: 4 Awards of $500 The Student Transportation Video Contest is open to all students. To enter, you must submit a two- to four-minute video that examines transportation impacts, trends or safety in the United States. Learn more about the Student Transportation Video Contest.
Available to: High School Juniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $10,000 ScholarshipPoints will award a $10,000 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! Learn more about the ScholarshipPoints $10,000 Scholarship.
Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: 3 Awards from $500 - $1,500 The College Scholarship Contest is available to students currently enrolled in a college or university. You must have a minimum 3.5 GPA and submit a 30 to 60 second video on Instagram that describes your efforts to reduce the amount of plastic you consume in order to be considered for this award. Learn more about the College Scholarship Contest.
Available to: High School Sophomores through College Seniors
Award Amount: $1,000 The College JumpStart Scholarship is available to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and current college students. To be considered for this award, you must be committed to going to school and using your education to better your life and that of your family and/or community and be able express your goals for getting a higher education. Learn more about the College JumpStart Scholarship.
Available to: High School Seniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $1,200 The Scooter Inside Scholarship is open to students who are currently attending high school or college. You must submit an essay of between 700 and 1500 words that discusses the importance of social media marketing and how search engine optimization can help local business get more clients in order to be considered for this award. Learn more about the Scooter Inside Scholarship.
Available to: High School Freshmen through College Seniors
Award Amount: 2 Awards of $500 The MyProjectorLamps.com Scholarship is available to students currently attending an accredited a high school, college or university. You must be a minimum 14 years of age, minimum GPA of 3.0, follow or ‘LIKE’ the MyProjectorLamps Facebook page and create a one page essay detailing your ideas about the use of multimedia and data visualization in K-12 classrooms to be eligible for this award. Learn more about the MyProjectorLamps.com Scholarship.
Available to: College Freshmen
Award Amount: $16,000
The F. Armstrong Scholarship is open to entering freshmen at Cornell College who contribute to campus diversity. Get more information on the F. Armstrong Scholarship – Cornell College.
Available to: High School Seniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $500 The Andrew Flusche Scholarship Contest is available to high school seniors and students currently enrolled in a college or university. You must create a public service advertisement video (PSA) which portrays the correct way of interacting with a police officer during a traffic stop, or any other encounter, to qualify for this award. The video must be uploaded to YouTube and be no longer than three minutes long. Learn more about the Andrew Flusche Scholarship Contest.
Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: 2 Awards of $1,000 The College Scholarship is available to students enrolled at an accredited high school, college or university. You must have a minimum 2.8 GPA and submit a 500-700 word essay to qualify for this award. The essay should detail how you are driven to innovate, how you plan to influence progress on any level in any space or how you have already affected positive change with creative thinking. Learn more about the College Scholarship.
Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $1,000 The Resume Genius Scholarship is available to students enrolled at an accredited college or university. You must create a resume based on the life of any fictional or non-fictional character, from TV, history, literature or myth to qualify for this award. Learn more about the Resume Genius Scholarship.
Available to: Ages 14+
Award Amount: $10,000 The Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest is open to currently enrolled high school and college students in the United States. To enter, you must design a holiday, get well, or birthday greeting card and submit your work to be judged. Your photo, art, or graphics submitted must be your own original work and you must be at least 14 years of age to be eligible for this award. Learn more about the Create-a-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest.
Available to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $2,500
The CKSF Scholarships are available to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in the U.S. You must register to participate in scholarship quizzes that test your knowledge of topics ranging from general "common knowledge" to specific academic subjects, books, websites, and even movies. You will be scored based on a combination of time and accuracy. Students with the highest scores at the end of each competition win. Learn more information about the CKSF Scholarship Competition.
$1,000 Financial Freedom Scholarship
Deadline: 8/01/18Available to: High School Seniors through College Seniors
Award Amount: $1,000 The $1,000 Financial Freedom Scholarship is open to current full-time college students. You must submit an essay of between 1,000 and 2,000 words on what financial freedom means to you, why it is important and how you will achieve it in order to be considered for this award. Learn more about the $1,000 Financial Freedom Scholarship.
Student Transportation Video Contest
Deadline: 8/31/18Available to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: 4 Awards of $500 The Student Transportation Video Contest is open to all students. To enter, you must submit a two- to four-minute video that examines transportation impacts, trends or safety in the United States. Learn more about the Student Transportation Video Contest.
ScholarshipPoints $10,000 Scholarship
Deadline: 9/15/18Available to: High School Juniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $10,000 ScholarshipPoints will award a $10,000 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! Learn more about the ScholarshipPoints $10,000 Scholarship.
College Scholarship Contest
Deadline: 10/15/18Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: 3 Awards from $500 - $1,500 The College Scholarship Contest is available to students currently enrolled in a college or university. You must have a minimum 3.5 GPA and submit a 30 to 60 second video on Instagram that describes your efforts to reduce the amount of plastic you consume in order to be considered for this award. Learn more about the College Scholarship Contest.
College JumpStart Scholarship
Deadline: 10/17/18Available to: High School Sophomores through College Seniors
Award Amount: $1,000 The College JumpStart Scholarship is available to high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors; and current college students. To be considered for this award, you must be committed to going to school and using your education to better your life and that of your family and/or community and be able express your goals for getting a higher education. Learn more about the College JumpStart Scholarship.
Scooter Inside Scholarship
Deadline: 10/30/18Available to: High School Seniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $1,200 The Scooter Inside Scholarship is open to students who are currently attending high school or college. You must submit an essay of between 700 and 1500 words that discusses the importance of social media marketing and how search engine optimization can help local business get more clients in order to be considered for this award. Learn more about the Scooter Inside Scholarship.
MyProjectorLamps.com Scholarship
Deadline: 10/31/18Available to: High School Freshmen through College Seniors
Award Amount: 2 Awards of $500 The MyProjectorLamps.com Scholarship is available to students currently attending an accredited a high school, college or university. You must be a minimum 14 years of age, minimum GPA of 3.0, follow or ‘LIKE’ the MyProjectorLamps Facebook page and create a one page essay detailing your ideas about the use of multimedia and data visualization in K-12 classrooms to be eligible for this award. Learn more about the MyProjectorLamps.com Scholarship.
F. Armstrong Scholarship – Cornell College
Deadline: VariesAvailable to: College Freshmen
Award Amount: $16,000
The F. Armstrong Scholarship is open to entering freshmen at Cornell College who contribute to campus diversity. Get more information on the F. Armstrong Scholarship – Cornell College.
Andrew Flusche Scholarship Contest
Deadline: 11/30/18Available to: High School Seniors through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $500 The Andrew Flusche Scholarship Contest is available to high school seniors and students currently enrolled in a college or university. You must create a public service advertisement video (PSA) which portrays the correct way of interacting with a police officer during a traffic stop, or any other encounter, to qualify for this award. The video must be uploaded to YouTube and be no longer than three minutes long. Learn more about the Andrew Flusche Scholarship Contest.
College Scholarship
Deadline: 12/01/18Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: 2 Awards of $1,000 The College Scholarship is available to students enrolled at an accredited high school, college or university. You must have a minimum 2.8 GPA and submit a 500-700 word essay to qualify for this award. The essay should detail how you are driven to innovate, how you plan to influence progress on any level in any space or how you have already affected positive change with creative thinking. Learn more about the College Scholarship.
Resume Genius Scholarship
Deadline: 12/15/18Available to: College Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $1,000 The Resume Genius Scholarship is available to students enrolled at an accredited college or university. You must create a resume based on the life of any fictional or non-fictional character, from TV, history, literature or myth to qualify for this award. Learn more about the Resume Genius Scholarship.
Create-a-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest
Deadline: 3/01/19Available to: Ages 14+
Award Amount: $10,000 The Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest is open to currently enrolled high school and college students in the United States. To enter, you must design a holiday, get well, or birthday greeting card and submit your work to be judged. Your photo, art, or graphics submitted must be your own original work and you must be at least 14 years of age to be eligible for this award. Learn more about the Create-a-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest.
CKSF Scholarship Competition
Deadline: VariesAvailable to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $2,500
The CKSF Scholarships are available to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in the U.S. You must register to participate in scholarship quizzes that test your knowledge of topics ranging from general "common knowledge" to specific academic subjects, books, websites, and even movies. You will be scored based on a combination of time and accuracy. Students with the highest scores at the end of each competition win. Learn more information about the CKSF Scholarship Competition.
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