College and Career

Get Involved - Encourage students to get involved in extracurricular, clubs, and sports because many scholarships take this into account.

Get Experience - Remind students that scholarships factor in work, internship and volunteer experience, so tell students to take part in these activities, too!

Develop Good Relationships- Often students will need letters of recommendations for scholarships, so remind them to build good relationships with teachers, mentors, and counselors.

Look Anywhere and Everywhere- Students can look for outside scholarships in other places aside from scholarship search engines. These places include: large companies and corporations (usually found on their websites), parent's place of employment, and student's place of employment.

Organize Information - Students will need to organize information and documents  in order to apply for scholarships: resume, standardized test scores, transcripts, and financial information. It will be easier if students have this information organized before starting.

Don't Just Apply for Large Scholarships - There are many small scholarships out there! Tell students to look for them and apply. They will add up!