Don’t assume deadlines will stay the same every year or you may miss out on valuable scholarship money! In all my years of scholarship searching and research, I have noticed something interesting about published deadlines. In both scholarship search websites and big scholarship listing books, the deadline that is published is not always the true deadline. If the organization that offers the scholarship money did not contact the scholarship listing source, it seems the previous year’s deadline is assumed to be the same for the new year. What this means for scholarship searchers is to go an extra step when... Continue reading

Would you wear your old, holey, wrinkled jeans to the prom? No way! Students spend hours choosing the right outfits, organizing impressive transportation, and primping to look their very best. Using this mindset to apply for college scholarships is SMART and will make applications stand out from the competition. This is done by making sure all the required materials are included and in the right order, checking and double-checking for missing information, sending the applications in the appropriate sized envelopes, and many other little ways that make a BIG difference. College scholarship applications should SHINE and look amazing, just like... Continue reading