[nabs-l] Locating reputable scholarships not related to blindness

[Cindy Bennett]

I used www.fastweb.com. You can create a detailed profile and it
matches you with scholarships that your profile deems you eligible
for. Of course, you won't be eligible for all of your matches just by
chance, and some will be ridiculous corporation scholarships that are
easy to fill out but more like a raffle than a scholarship process
becauase of the number of applicants, but it is a good resource. If
your friend is in high school, the counseling office should ahve
several good local scholarships. If your friend is a prospective
student or already in college, that person should check out the
financial aid office. They will have information about scholarships
provided by the school and other entities. I filled out a lot of
scholarships, but apart from my state NFB scholarship and another
disability related ones, the other three were from local foundations,
so i definitely stress that. Even state wide scholarships are better
than national corporation ones, but who knows, I'm sure someone has
won a scholarship from Wall-Mart. If your friend has a job, or worked
somewhere in the past, they should check to see if the company they
work for has scholarships for employees.

I respect that your friend is trying to steer away from blindness
related scholarships, but I would encourage your friend not to neglect
them. There are several organizations that have started funds for
students with disabilities, and some Lion's
clubs have scholarships for students in the district they represent.

It sounds ridiculous, but all in all, i probably applied for about 30
scholarships and only received 4, and i was a very strong student with
adequate community involvement, so applying for a lot isn't bad, but
try to fid scholarships with similar essay topics, and insure that the
quality of your applications is good, because a lot of crappy apps
won't get you money.

But i stress local scholarships so much, because i received a much
larger fraction of the local scholarships that i filled out.

Hope that helps, and if anyone else has any other good websites or
places with especially scholarships for grad students, i would love to
hear about them as i will be applying for grad school in the fall.

Cindy

On 3/16/10, Anjelina <anjelinac26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What are some reputable scholarship sites you have used? A friend is wanting
> to steer away from blindness related scholarships. I recall seeing a list on
> the student list but cannot seem to locate the list of sties.
> Thanks
>
> Anjelina
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