Scholarships/Grants
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GRANT [grant] noun - money that is yours to keep. Scholarships and grants come from five basic places:
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Tips for Finding Scholarships:
- Complete your FAFSA
- Mark your calendar for yearly paperwork and deadlines
- Talk to your financial aid counselor
- Find any city/regional scholarships
- Look at unique offers in your state
- Look at any applicable federally sponsored scholarships
- Exhaust all campus-specific offers (field of study, clubs, organizations, alumni, etc.)
- Look for "fringe" scholarships: fun contests, unique offers
- Use trusted scholarship search engines
