Jeez. I got a $650 bill waiting thats due Nov 5, I gotta find the money for next semesters tuition by early December, I may have to take one of my math courses this summer since the two math courses I need are at the same time, I gotta find the money for room and board next year since I'm moving up to main campus, and finding scholarships is a bitch since I don't realy do clubs or sports.
I can now fully understand how recent estimates show that over 85% of recent graduates are moving back in with their parents. I still have 5 semesters to go, but I'm already saddled with HEAVY debt.
Have you done a scholarship search? Some helpful hints
http://www.ehow.com/how_11607_find-about-obscure.htmlBack in the day the collage library had a scholarship book will all the wacky weird scholarships. I applied for several and won several. The funniest one was the Susan B. Anthony Women in Business scholarship which was for $100. I took my friends out to eat on that one. Don't over depend on the internet many of the little scholarships are from old school people who are listed in the book but not on line. And many of them don't get applicants because you kids today seem allergic to reference books preferring the internet. I also won a Cato institute essay scholarship but that was back when I still remembered grammar rules and how to spell.
Free money for college
Laurie Blum.
Author: Blum, Laurie.
Published: New York : Facts on File, c1999.
Edition: 5th ed.
Description: xii, 225 p. ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
This isn't to say that the internet is useless. Another trick is to list everything about yourself. Heritage, home town, college name, parents occupations, degree you are seeking, political leanings ie. free market, anti-war, conservative, libertarian etc., even stuff like hobbies. Then do a search using a personal quality plus the word scholarship or college scholarship. It might be the only way to find that VFW scholarship for children of retired military. Or some scholarship trust set up for only natives of the place you were born. Another good thing is to learn the art of spin if you only marginally qualify for a scholarship puff yourself up and flatter the organization. It is possible yours will be the only applicant and just by applying you win by default.
Now some reality your dead line for coming up with the money is much shorter than any scholarship committee has ever moved in all the history of time. Anything you apply for now you will be lucky if you score the money for summer or next fall. If you are in a large enough city go to a temp agency and look for part-time casual work. If you are out in the boonies you just might have to ask your parents or sell some stuff. Another idea is to put up a craigslist ad telling people you are will to do chores to raise money for school. Look in the service area of craigslist and contact some of those vendors and see if they can use some part time casual employee to rake leaves or what not to raise money for school. And what you don't raise you can borrow from parents or relatives.