{"id":1131,"date":"2017-11-29T13:39:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T13:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/the-top-five-scholarship-search-secrets-every-student-needs-to-know\/"},"modified":"2020-09-01T10:55:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T16:55:30","slug":"the-top-five-scholarship-search-secrets-every-student-needs-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersons.com\/blog\/the-top-five-scholarship-search-secrets-every-student-needs-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Five Scholarship Search Secrets Every Student Needs to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team over at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarshippoints.com\">ScholarshipPoints.com<\/a> has put together this list of the top five tips that will dramatically increase your odds of not only finding the right scholarships to apply for, but also having success with your applications!<\/p>\n<h2>Secret #1: Build your personal brand<\/h2>\n<p>What\u2019s your personal brand? Ask yourself the question, \u201cWho am I?\u201d Knowing your personal brand will help you write more focused, more concise scholarship essays and have better college admission interviews, increasing the likelihood of getting additional free money. Your personal brand is the topic you talk about with friends in deep conversation into the night. It\u2019s the hobby you miss meals working on, the interest that makes hours seem like minutes.<\/p>\n<h2>Secret #2: Create your scholarship crew<\/h2>\n<p>Increase the odds of finding scholarships by having more than one pair of eyes looking out for application opportunities. Get a small group of your friends together and agree to meet once a week to hunt for scholarships and apply together. Your team will also be helpful during the application process as you proof each other\u2019s essays and hold each other accountable to your deadlines.<\/p>\n<h2>Secret #3: Stay on top of scholarship news<\/h2>\n<p>Services such as Google Reader allow you to create your own personal newspaper that covers topics from the Web that you feel are important to you. If you\u2019re looking to pay for college, one of the topics that will be the most important to you should be scholarships\u2014also known as free money. Here\u2019s how to get started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google<\/a> and enter the keywords for one of your scholarship searches (For example, type in \u201cBoston Music Scholarships\u201d).<\/li>\n<li>At the bottom of the search results page, you\u2019ll find a series of links including one for Google Reader.<\/li>\n<li>After selecting that link, you\u2019ll be asked if you want to subscribe to that newsfeed.<\/li>\n<li>Click the subscribe button.<\/li>\n<li>Once you have subscribed, you\u2019ll get articles about that scholarship term every time there is a news story about it. Then read, review, and determine if it\u2019s relevant to your scholarship search or not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Secret #4: Get social<\/h2>\n<p>Facebook pages, Twitter, Digg, Reddit, Stumbleupon, and many other social networking web sites and services can be great places for you to discover scholarships for which you should apply. You can also use these sites to see what people are saying about scholarships that you may be thinking about applying for or those to which you have already applied. Here\u2019s an example:<\/p>\n<p>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">twitter<\/a> and enter the word \u201cscholarship\u201d into the search box. Scan the results for relevant scholarship opportunities AND relevant sources. Many financial aid offices and scholarship foundations use twitter to reach students, these folks are in the know and trying to help, follow them! You\u2019ll find ScholarshipPoints (@winscholarships) on twitter too! They tweet new scholarship opportunities nearly every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Secret #5: Play \u201cLet\u2019s Make a Deal\u201d with the parents<\/h2>\n<p>Ask your parents or whoever else who might be helping you pay for college if they\u2019d be willing to make a deal with you. One ScholarshipPoints.com member got her parents to agree to fork over 10% of the total amount of scholarship money she earned. At the end of the scholarship application process, she had earned $2,000 in scholarship money and had $200 of cash in her pocket at the same time!<\/p>\n<p>Now that you have these five valuable tips and tricks at your fingertips, get going! 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