Let's make this even simpler by answering one of the most asked questions about scholarships: timing.
Available to: High School Freshmen through High School Seniors
Award Amount: Awards from $14,000 - $18,000
The National High School Oratorical Contest is open to junior high and high school students who are under the age of 20 and citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. You must prepare an oration on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with some emphasis on the duties and obligations of citizens to our government. A complete list of topics are available on the Legion's Web site. Each individual state winner certified into and participating in the first round of the national contest receives an additional $1,500 scholarship. Check out these Four Scholarship Tips via this Instagram Reel:
When should I apply for scholarships?
Most students want to know when they should start applying for scholarships. The short answer: RIGHT NOW! Students can sign up for Fastweb at the age of 13 and can start accumulating scholarships to help pay for school years before even beginning the college application process. Here's the main take away: the earlier you begin applying, the more scholarships you'll have a shot at being considered for and have time to win. Apply for one or however many of the below scholarships you qualify for! Remember, the more you apply for, the better your odds are of winning a scholarship. Check out more than ten scholarships you can apply for today:- ScholarshipPoints $10,000 Scholarship Deadline: 6/15/21
- $1,500 Easy Scholarship: Take and Share a Quiz to Inspire Others to Take a Stand Against Big Tobacco Deadline: 7/15/21
- $1,000 July Scholarship Deadline: 7/20/21
- $2,222 No Essay ‘You Deserve It’ Scholarship Deadline: 7/29/21
- $2,000 Scholarship - No Essay Deadline: 7/31/21
- The $25,000 "Be Bold" No-Essay Scholarship Deadline: 7/31/21
- July 2021 Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes Deadline: 7/31/21
- $2,000 Niche No Essay Scholarship Deadline: 7/31/21
- ScholarshipPoints $1,000 Scholarship Deadline: 7/31/21
- $1,000 CollegeXpress Grill & Chill Scholarship Deadline: 7/31/21
- Future Educator Scholarship Deadline: 8/19/21
- Upromise 529 Scholarships Deadline: Varies
- Thiel Fellowship Deadline: Varies
- American Legion National High School Oratorical Contest
Available to: High School Freshmen 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!
Available to: Maximum Age, 25
Award Amount: $1,500
Fighting tobacco use is a social justice issue. Gen Z is leading worldwide movements for racial justice, environmental protection, and public health. Take our easy quiz to learn how tobacco use is connected to a variety of causes, like mental health and LGBTQ+ issues. We'll send you a guide to share with a friend or family member to inspire them to take a stand against Big Tobacco and protect our communities, our planet, and our future. You'll also be automatically entered for a chance to win a $1,500 scholarship. (Optional: If you have a personal story about how tobacco use and e-cigs may have affected you or your loved ones, share it at the end of the quiz and it could be featured on our social pages!) Let's Do This.
Available to: High School Freshmen through Seniors Award Amount: $1,000
Each new school year is an opportunity for a fresh start, so we're giving away a $1,000 scholarship to help kickoff the new school year.
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Quick and Easy to Apply for a $2,000 Scholarship
Available to: High School Freshmen through Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $2,222 The 'You Deserve It!' no-essay Scholarship from ScholarshipOwl awards $2,222 and takes only one minute to register. Without any further effort, you can apply to hundreds more scholarships automatically. Apply to scholarships without having to fill out repetitive application forms one application at a time. Why spend hours applying to one scholarship when you can apply to hundreds at the same time! On top of that, get automatically reapplied every time a scholarship renews.
Available to: Minimum Age, 17
Award Amount: $2,000 Nitro College will award $2,000 each month to eligible entrants. No essay or account profiles required.
Available to: High School Freshmen through College Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $25,000 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.
Available to: Minimum Age 16
Award Amount: 2 Awards of $500 The Fastweb Invite a Friend Sweepstakes is open to registered Fastweb members who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are at least sixteen (16) years of age. You must log into your Fastweb account to obtain your personal referral link. For each person who registers for Fastweb via your personal referral link during the Promotion Period, you and your referral will entered as a pair into the monthly drawing.
Available to: High School Freshmen through College Graduate Students, Year 5
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.
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Easy to Enter, No Essay Needed
Available to: High School Juniors through College Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $1,000
ScholarshipPoints will award a $1,000 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!
Available to: High School Freshmen through Seniors Award Amount: $1,000
Register on CollegeXpress and answer this question in just one sentence. What’s your favorite summertime food? You could win $1,000!
Available to: High School Seniors through College Graduate Students, Year 5
Award Amount: $1,000 The Future Educator Scholarship is available to incoming and current undergraduate and graduate students. You must be pursuing a degree in education to be eligible for this award.
Available to: Minimum Age of 16
Award Amount: $529
We are awarding five fortunate Upromise families $529 each month. Increase your chances by earning more rewards through Upromise. Join Upromise now, it's easy...and free!
Available to: Maximum Age 22 Award Amount: $100,000
The Thiel Fellowship is open to those who are aged 22 or younger. This is a two-year program that allows students who are no longer enrolled or who are looking to take a break from their studies the opportunity to work on and/or build their own projects or companies. You must be interested in pursuing an innovative and entrepreneurial idea with a clear plan to change to the world in order to be considered for this award. This fellowship requires that students take two years away from college so they can fully focus on their projects.
Available to: High School Freshmen through High School Seniors
Award Amount: Awards from $14,000 - $18,000
The National High School Oratorical Contest is open to junior high and high school students who are under the age of 20 and citizens or lawful permanent residents of the United States. You must prepare an oration on some aspect of the U.S. Constitution, with some emphasis on the duties and obligations of citizens to our government. A complete list of topics are available on the Legion's Web site. Each individual state winner certified into and participating in the first round of the national contest receives an additional $1,500 scholarship. Check out these Four Scholarship Tips via this Instagram Reel:
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