How to search a perfect scholarship? where will we get proper details of Scholarships? Which Scholarship fits my profile? Most of you will have the same question in your minds.
If you’re hoping to fund some, or all, of your college career with scholarships, you’re in luck: There are billions of dollars in scholarship and grant money awarded each year. All you need to do is research.
You don’t need to be a valedictorian or football star to win scholarship money – there are scholarships for all types of students. But you do need to put some effort into your search.
Each country have their own scholarship programs. Having said that, some of the scholarships that are available for Indian students are
- National Overseas Scholarship.
- Fulbright-Nehru Master’s Fellowships.
- Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship.
- Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowships.
- The Inlaks Shivdasani Scholarships.
- Tata Scholarships for Empowerment
- Stanford Reliance Dhirubhai Fellowships Scholarship
- Dr.Abdul Kalam International Postgraduate Scholarship.
Internationally, UK offers scholarships from 3000-4000 pounds and extended up-to 100%. France offers fully funded scholarship every year to deserving candidates. Also, it offers up to 60% scholarship for Women in Management courses. Italy offers scholarships ranging from 2000 to 4000 euros whereas their annual tuition fees are between 8000 to 12000 euros. Germany’s DAAD Scholarships are given for International students.
Galaxy Academy recommends start exploring in India and , then expanding your search globally. If you don’t find what you’re looking for, reach out to the Admission Experts.
Here are 10 sites to choose from to get started.
1. Scholarships.com: The free scholarship search is one of the most established and robust, tracking a reported $19 billion in scholarships. “It’s basically like an eHarmony site for money,” says Elizabeth Hartley, an independent education consultant and owner of Scholarship Gold Consulting.
After you fill out a profile, the site will use your criteria to filter through all scholarships to generate a short list.
“Based on the student’s profile and needs, we’ll try to match the student to scholarships that may be a fit,” Joseph says.
2. Fastweb.com: Fastweb, owned by parent company Monster.com, is also a free scholarship search provider that claims to have more than 1.5 million scholarships in its database. Like scholarships.com, the site will find scholarships in its database and email you matches, deadlines and newsletters.
“it is the profile and attitude of students that gets them the scholarships,” says Srinivas, who helped one of his students to get Fully funded Scholarship in Oxford University.
3. Chegg.com: Chegg is a textbook website that has a scholarship search function, offering more than 25,000 scholarships. The site also offers online tutors to help students with their scholarship essays.
They’re definitely trying to stay on top of what’s new on the market in terms of scholarships.
4. Cappex.com: Cappex allows students to search both schools and scholarships, with a database of more than $11 billion in scholarships. A proprietary calculator also allows students to gauge their chances of getting into prospective schools with user-generated data.
Websites provides a “reality check” on whether they may get admitted to schools that give out a lot of scholarship money.
5. JLV College Counseling: Jessica Velasco, a former admissions officer, started JLV College Counseling, which offers information on various scholarships. Velasco also posts scholarships every Saturday on her Facebook page with upcoming application deadlines. Via her blog, Velasco offers scholarship and college admissions tips and advice.
6. The College Board: The College Board’s comprehensive BigFuture site helps students look up information about colleges and how to pay for school. Its scholarships search engine provides information on more than $6 billion in scholarships, financial aid and internships.
7. Niche.com: On Niche.com, students can gain a sense of each school’s “personality,” Hartley says, by reading student reviews. They can also search for scholarships. Niche pairs students with the scholarships that match their qualifications, with student-friendly categories like no-essay scholarships.
8. Your high school website: Don’t overlook your own high school’s website, which may have a list of local scholarships. These scholarships can have less competition than those posted to national databases,
9. Community foundation website: Like your high school website, families should check local community foundations’ websites, which may also host a list of area scholarships.
10. College websites where you’re applying: Although not all schools award merit-based scholarships, those that do are very valuable because they’ll likely renew all four years.
But the process for giving out scholarship money varies from school to school. You should also check the department of the major you’re considering, which may have its own scholarships and process for awarding them.
“Visiting College/University websites will always give you a better understanding and a great way to start approaching for your scholarships”, says Jay.
Courtesy, US News for Education.