Archive for June, 2009


Finding and Getting College Scholarships

While it may be true that no magic scholarship scout is going to come out of the woodwork to offer you free money, it’s not true that you have to be the crème de la crème of your class to get a college scholarship. College scholarships are available for all sorts of different students and you are almost guaranteed to be able to get one if you’re willing to do some footwork.

Making A College Application Checklist

One of the biggest things which can cause you to not get into the college of your choice is your failure to stay organized during the application process. You wouldn’t believe how many students manage to miss their SAT tests because they overslept on the day of the exam or how many college applications don’t ever get looked at because the applicants failed to get them in to the college by deadline. If you can stay organized about the application process, meet or beat all deadlines involved in applying to school and know what you sent to where and when, you’ll be far ahead of the college application game. Creating a college application checklist for yourself can help.