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Scholarship Search Platforms
Reviews.com has created a guide to review the best scholarship search platforms and instruct students on how to use them effectively to find as many opportunities as possible.
Best for most students
FastWeb
Hands down the most impressive search site we encountered.
Best Database
Cappex
Great for students who want to be able to apply for — and track the status of — a large number of scholarships.
Best search
Unigo
Strong search features put Unigo in third place and elevated it far above the remaining contenders we considered.
Best Resources
Big Future
Underwhelming for scholarship searches, but a treasure trove of other valuable features.
More search platforms
Regardless of the search platform you choose, the author of "A Comprehensive Review of the Leading Scholarship Search Services," shares a conclusion about the search platforms they reviewed that can be generalized to many of the scholarship searches available to students. They say that, "not any one of them is able to give a complete and concise scholarship list and results lists differ widely. There are anomalies, mismatched data, and their systems are human-driven, which means there could be outdated and inaccurate information. The scholarship data itself is categorized completely differently from one to the other, and in almost all of them, it’s clear that advertisers figure prominently. Users may maximize the scholarship data and subscribe to more than one. A new email account specifically for use during college and scholarship searches would effectively keep spam and junk out of a personal email account."
Paying for College:
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WESTERN UNDERGRADUATE EXCHANGE (WUE)
WUE is a program that allows Oregon high-school students to request reduced tuition at participating two- and four-year public college programs outside of Oregon. Go to http://www.wiche.edu/wue to see a list of participating WUE schools, and learn how to apply for this tuition-reduction program. The reduced tuition rate is not automatically awarded, and many institutions limit the number of new WUE awards each academic year, so apply early!
AUTOMATIC FULL TUITION/RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BY U.S. COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO NEED:
COMPETITIVE FULL TUITION/RIDE SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BY U.S. COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES WITHOUT REGARD TO NEED:
FOR BLACK STUDENTS:
- https://www.blackscholarships.org: (The Online Guide to Scholarships, Financial Aid and More for African American Students)
- Fastweb Scholarships for African-American Students
- List of African American Scholarships and Grants for 2020
FOR LGBTQ AND STRAIGHT ALLY STUDENTS:
FOR NEW AMERICANS AND MINORITIES:
FOR NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS:
- http://www.collegefund.org/students_and_alumni/content/scholarships
- http://onacc.org/resources/scholarships/
- http://www.itcnet.org/about_us/scholarships.html (for native Americans, native Alaskans, native Hawaiians, indigenous Pacific Islanders)
FOR HISPANIC AND LATINO STUDENTS:
- Fastweb Hispanic Scholarships
- MALDEF Scholarship Resource Guide (Many of these scholarships open to undocumented students)
- DREAMers Scholarships (These scholarships only available for attendance at a very limited number of colleges.)
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- Scholarships Open to Undocumented Students
FOR SINGLE MOTHERS:
- http://www.bestcolleges.com/financial-aid/scholarships-for-single-mothers/ (For single fathers, too)
- http://oedb.org/single-mother-grant/
- https://huggable.com/pages/scholarships: (For seniors who are supported by single mothers)
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