FREE COLLEGE GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

Most of the hidden sources of college cash that scholarship search firms promise to help you find, for a fee, you can find yourself for free on the internet or at the local public library.  There is no reason for you to pay them.

The Better Business Bureau's free brochure, "Tips on ...Financial Aid for College." is also a way to check out a scholarship-search firm ......but before you do all of that here is the inside information !!!!

Here are the databases the search services use: 
http://www.channel14000.com/hometown/education/ (Minnesota-based website offering families new to the college- admissions game a time line for high school juniors and seniorson what to do when in the money search.


Main college page with all of the college links http://www.pinchingyourpennies.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7812582


http://www.collegeEdge.com  College -bound high school students must register to use this interactive database which helps students select everything from school to major to scholarship information.  
http://www.yahoo.com  colleges and universities by major, size, location and "wiredness" 

http://www.petersons.com information about applying on-line and college financing.

http://fastaid.com/

http://fastweb.monster.com/index.ptml which searches more than 600,000 scholarships totaling $1 billion for help locating scholarship and loan money. Not all of FastWeb's finds are based on academic merit. Fill out an extensive questionnaire (including hobbies, affiliations and career goals) and the site seeks out scholarships that match your profile. It's rife with ads and special offers, so be careful when checking boxes. FastWeb is the largest FREE scholarship search on the Internet, database contains more than 400,000 scholarships worth over $1 billion.

http://finaid.com/ A stellar source for sorting out the loan process, including help filling out complex forms.

http://www.finaid.org is an exhaustive list of sites and organizations offering financial aid to the college bound

http://scholarships.com/ Another big scholarship search site, with important information on scholarship scams.

http://collegenet.com/

http://www.collegeanswer.com/index.jsp Explains all the various financial aid options and ways to apply. will let you search for scholarships, based on your personal profile.

http://estudentloan.com/

For students who aren't headed to college next fall , it's never too soon to start saving. UPROMISE touts a new spend-'n'-save offer. When you or designated family members buy at participating companies, such as Lands' End, AT&T and ZanyBrainy, 1% to 10% is siphoned into a tax-free college fund, sort of a college 401(k). Sign up at upromise.com and monitor your account on a private, secure page.

 But first, check a sites privacy policy. Some companies offer free scholarship searches to get information they can sell to online marketers, which, while not illegal, can generate a lot of spam. If you can't find a privacy policy, don't use the site.Some may simply print a list from a Web site and charge students $30. Some are outright scams. The Federal Trade Commission, shows that as that more families seek financial assistance for college there are more opportunities for fraudsters and the reports had risen by 50% in 2002.

There are legitimate businesses that will help you navigate the financial aid maze for a fee, which funds student loans. Signs that a firm isn't on the level:

• A scholarship search company may advertise that that millions — or even billions — of scholarships go unclaimed every year (a popular myth promoted by unscrupulous search firms). In reality, competition for most scholarships is fierce. The Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which awarded $26 million to 7,500 students last year also turned away about 6,000 qualified applicants because of lack of funds.
• Be particularly wary of a company that guarantees it will get you a scholarship without even first reviewing your qualifications.

• Some con artists asks for a credit card or bank account number to "hold" a scholarship for you as as tactic to get financial information from students.

Other useful Internet sites:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/collegecorank.htm
http://www.applytocollege.com
http://www.campustours.com
www.nasfaa.org
www.signet.com/collegemoney/toc1.html
www.collegescholarships.com

BEOG sometimes called the Pell Grant
Box 84
Washington DC 20044 [/b]http://www.studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/2003_2004/english/types.htm up to $2,300 per yr-need based. It does not have to be repaid.

MORE ON PELL GRANTS
http://www.acenet.edu/hena/issues/2002/05-13-02/nces.pell.cfm




Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) is for Pell Grant
recipients with exceptional need. The max is $4,000(added to the Pell Grant
money) and does not have to be repaid.


Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
Federal Government up to 2,000 per yr- need based


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O S U FINANCIAL AID http://www.okstate.edu/finaid/



O U FINANCIAL AID http://www.financialaid.ou.edu/

(Each college will have their own offerings. Be sure to check their website to contact the financial aid administrators at the colleges you applied to, as many schools have their own programs. There are several financial aid application forms. All basically have the same in for with minor differences. The major forms are those of the federal government-AFSA (The College Scholarship Services-FAF & the American Testing Program. 

Check the school you wish to attend by going to google.com and typing in the name of the school with the word "scholarships" after it.

The Federal Government has money for educational costs. Write: Consumer Information CenterPueblo, Colorado 81009
Ask for the student guide

CLEP The College Board
Box 1822
Princeton, NJ 08541 Use your life experiences to get out of some of the required classes you need for your degree. 

CLEP TYPE PROGRAM AP PROGRAM
Box 50
College Board
888 Seventh Ave
New York, NY 10019

Send S.A.S.E. to:
College Money
Info USA
1000 Connecticut Ave
NW Ave
Washington, DC 20036

  Perkins Loan is a low interest (5 percent) loan for undergraduates and graduates with exceptional need.


FREE GRANT INFORMATION RESOURCES STUDENT AID http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/sitemap.jsp

EDUCATION GRANTS http://grants.library.wisc.edu/individuals/undergraduate.html

MORE PLACES TO LOOK FOR GRANTS
https://www.angelfire.com/celeb/familyrecipes/grants.html

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS FOR LOW INCOME WOMEN (March 1 Deadline)  http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:FWgk3UezHKkJ:www.rankinfoundation.org/volunteer/JRF_flyer.pdf+education+grants+for+low+income&hl=en&ie=UTF
 
STUDENT GRANTS http://stunet.tulsatech.com/index.cfm?ttcss_id=1

  MORE GOVERNMENT GRANTS FOR SCHOOL
http://grants.library.wisc.edu/individuals/undergraduate.html

GRANTS, STUDENT LOANS, ETC
http://www.govbenefits.gov/goFederalBenefitPrograms.do#organization:3

FINDING SCHOLARSHIPS YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED
http://www.usaweekend.com/01_issues/010930/010930finance.html

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND LOANS (OPEN IT AND SCROLL DOWN )
http://www.baddteddy.com/education/scholarships.htm

DEPT OF EDUCATION GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
http://www.govbenefits.gov/goFederalBenefitPrograms.do#organization:3

HUMANITARIAN GRANT AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRANT
http://www.govbenefits.gov/goBenefitOverview.do?benefitId=671

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DIRECTORY OF STATE GRANT AGENCIES http://www.ed.gov/Programs/bastmp/SHEA.htm

COLLEGE GRANT INFORMATION
http://www.edonline.com/collegecompass/state.htm

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION GRANT
http://www.govbenefits.gov/goBenefitOverview.do?benefitId=540
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Major National Scholarship Programs

GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARS http://www.gmsp.org/

INTEL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH http://www.intel.com/education/sts/

JACKIE ROBINSON FOUNDATION http://www.jackierobinson.org/apply/index.html

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF AMERICAN SCHOLARS http://www.naas.org/senior.htm

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS http://www.nassp.org/awards/09.html

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NCAA) http://www.ncaa.org/about/scholarships.html

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM http://www.collegeboard.org/psat/student/html/nmsc.html

Some Scholarships for Unique Students:  

Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA offers a scholarship for lefthanded people.

Gertrude J.Deppen scholarship at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA for a student from Mt Carmel, PA who shall not be a habitual user of tobacco, intoxicatingliquor and narcotics and shall not participate in strenuous athletic contests.

United Daughters of the Confederacy scholarship. Student must prove direct descent from a "worthy" Confederate soldier and write an essay on the ancestor's exploits. 

Chick and Sophie Major Memorial

The Mycological Society of America sponsors several graduate fellowships for students interested in mold and spores.

Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship .

Zolp Scholarship which pays the full, four-year tuition at Loyola University in Chicago is limited to Catholic students whose last name is Zolp.

Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Fund: $500-$5,000 to a

The International Boar Semen Scholarship: $500 to Future Farmers of America who want to study swine management.

The New England chapter of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance:$500 to college bound high school seniors who are fat .

John Gatling Scholarship, named for the inventor of the Gatling gun, an early machine gun: full scholarship to North Carolina State University to students named Gatling or Gatlin

The Joseph Bulova School in the New York City borough of Queens offers a $15,000 scholarship to disabled foreign students who want to study watchmaking.

The Billy Barty Foundation, established by the 3 foot 9 inch actor whose movie credits include "Willow" and "Rumpelstiltskin," gives $2,000 scholarships to " students of short stature".

UOC in California is looking for an orphan who would like to become an aeronautical engineer.

If your last name is Pennoyer, Downer or Ellis , you can get thousands of dollars of free money, regardless of need. 

OKLAHOMA SOCCER PLAYERS SCHOLARSHIP http://www.oksoccer.com/scholarship_mazzio.pdf

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.csus.edu/sswd/services/scholarshipsgeneral.htm

DAVID AND DOVETTA WILSON SCHOLARSHIP http://www.wilsonfund.org/press/article_essence.shtml

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BLIND SCHOLARSHIPS
http://www.nfb.org/

Financing_your_education/scholarships
http://www.netac.rit.edu/publication/financing_your_education/scholarships.html?r=

duckproducts.com http://www.duckproducts.com/detail.asp?PID=304

SANTA FE RAILWAY SCHOLARSHIP http://www.netac.rit.edu/publication/financing_your_education/scholarships.html?r=1238

BURLINGTON NORTHERN http://www.bnsf.com/employees

TYLENOL http://tylenolscholarship.com/

Some companies, such as SBC (Formerly known as Southwestern Bell Telephone company ), offer scholarships for children, step-children and grandchildren of active and retired employees. Check with your employer to see if the company you work for offers any.

Check with the Association of Realtors in your state.
Also check unions:


AFL-CIO UNION SPONSORED SCHOLARSHIPS
http://www.aflcio.org/familyfunresources/collegecosts/scholar.cfm


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SCHOLARSHIP FOR MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION
http://www.nchacutting.com/youth/walton_family_foundation_scholar.htm


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MATHEMATICS, NATURAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP
http://www.govbenefits.gov/goBenefitOverview.do?benefitId=783



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MICROSOFT.COM to pursue studies in computer science and related technical disciplines. http://www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships/




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If you are Black, Hispanic, Native American or any minority, there is money waiting for you.
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DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR BLACK STUDENTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dlhinson/dfb_sch.htm

NEGRO COLLEGE FUND http://www.uncf.org/index.html


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Being a Christian will get you into several programs. Check with the church where you are a member.

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DEGREE IN GOVERNMENT
http://www.govbenefits.gov/goBenefitOverview.do?benefitId=677


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SCHOLARSHIP FOR THOSE GETTING A DEGREE IN SOMETHING RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT
http://www.govbenefits.gov/goBenefitOverview.do?benefitId=887



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princetonreview.com apply online
http://www.princetonreview.com/apply/


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President's Student Service Challenge http://www.student-service-awards.org/


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Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
http://www.scholastic.com/artandwriting/about.htm



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Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/science/science_and_technology.htm


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Wal-Mart Competitive Edge Scholarship Fund
http://www.walmartfoundation.org/compedge.html


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Walmart foundation/goodworks
http://www.walmartfoundation.org/wmstore/goodworks/scripts/index.jsp

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Educational Financial Aid Sources for Women

Ask your school specifically about the Clairol Scholarships one as it seems that Clairol has several scholarships:

Clairol Pamphlet
Box 14680
Baltimore, MD 2268
(If over 30 and within 2 yrs of graduation)

Clairol Loving Care Scholarship
345 Park Ave
New York, NY 10154
(30 years or older, enrolled in undergrad or masters
program and in professional and vocational schools.

Clairol Scholarship for female role models who have overcome obstacles & changed their lives after the age of thirty

Clairol Scholarship Program
c/c National Women's Economic Alliance Foundation
1440 New York Avenue NW Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 1-202-638-1200
$1,000

Clairol Loving Care Scholarship Program.
This scholarship is for women age 30 and older who are continuing post-secondary education. Scholarships up to $1,000 are available for full- or part-time study in vocational schools, undergraduate college degree programs, or graduate work at the master’s or professional level.

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TULSA CITY COUNTY LIBRARY DOWNTOWN 4th FLOOR HAS A WHOLE FLOOR DEDICATED TO GRANTS! and be prepared to spend several hours, looking atresearch material for any type of scholarship related to your desired field of study.

TULSA CITY/COUNTY LIBRARY DOWNTOWN http://www.tulsalibrary.org/central/ reference room has a number of reference books on college tuition aid programs for students and they cover every aspect of college expense assistance.

 While at the library, check:

The College Blue Book Series Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans by S. Norman Feingold

The College Money Handbook by Petersons College Guides

The College Money Book- How to get a High Quality Educ at the lowest possible cost

Directory of Financial Aids for Women by Gail Ann Schlachter

You can buy scholarship-oriented books and use them to cross-reference library, material.

Touch base with the Chamber of Commerce and several local organizations.

Write to the address where the scholarship is listed. You may find that some won't be exactly as the book says so be persistent and write to every single one that looks remotely like it would work for you. (Some write to as many as 85 to 100.) Money is everywhere, but you have to uncover it.

STATE MONEY-

Each state offers its residents different loans, grants, scholarships, and financial aid packages. Check OKLAHOMA HIGHER EDUCATION WEBSITE http://www.okhighered.org/student-center/index.shtml for information.

State student incentive grant (state and federal govts) varies from state to state Federal Student Financial Aid Info Center 1 800 4 Fed Aid(Ask a high school counselor or library for the address.) Some
programs are funded by the federal government, but administered by the state.

Veterans' Programs. Many states have funds for veterans and their dependents.Programs and awards vary from state to state.

A few industries that will pay for school if you are working for them....hospitals, insurance, public utilities and in good years, high tech.

Many hospitals will pay for employees schooling if the employee will agree to work a certain length of time at that hospital.


MEDICAL HELP SCHOLARSHIPS http://medicalhelpnet.com/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=140&op=page&SubMenu=.html

MEDICAL STUDENTS http://www.hhmi.org/grants/

MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE WILLING TO SERVE IN RURAL AREAS. http://www.bphc.hrsa.dhhs.gov/nhsc/

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Women's Sports Foundation
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/templates/grants/grant/index.html

WOMEN, BUSINESS RELATED http://www.bpwusa.org/

GRANTS FOR WOMEN, THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, MINORITIES
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/grants/special.htm

FOR LOW INCOME WOMEN OVER 35 http://rankinfoundation.org/

AMERICAN ASSOC OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
http://www.aauw.org/

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
http://www.bpwusa.org/template.cfm?NavMenuID=88

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New York's Bard College , one of the more elite, expensive colleges in the country offers a unique and generous financial aid program that allow students from a broad range of family incomes to attend.
The Excellence and Equal cost (EED) scholarship allowa a public high school senior whose cumulative grade-point average is among the top ten in his or her graduating class to attend Bard for what it would cost to atend a four-year public college or university in his or her home state.
The college provides scholarships for students who are committted to majoring in the hard sciences: biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics or economics. It also helps recent immigrants and those who are committed to aiding their communities.

In additon to the federal and state programs, one can receive both merit- and need-based scholarships from Bard, including a room and board scholarship. Low income families are welcome.

Bard's varied financial aid programs allow students from an expansive socioeconomic range to attend a very selective college and create meaningful friendships with people from different backgrounds.

Colleges-

Nationwide, financial aid is offsetting tuition increases. In the Princeton Review's America's Best Value Colleges, the schools below are tops at combingin great academics with low tuition or generous aid packages.