| Finding high school scholarships can be overwhelming, | | | | organizing all the information about you it can be very |
| especially if you're just finishing high school or in first | | | | easy to find more scholarships that you qualify for. For |
| year of high school, you're probably feeling pretty | | | | example, any extracurricular activities that you |
| overwhelmed with all the things that you have to do to | | | | participate in probably open you up to some |
| get ready for college. For some, just finding a college | | | | scholarships that you may or may not be aware of. |
| can be a very stressful and difficult task let alone | | | | Also, check to see of there are any scholarships in the |
| paying for it! So, to take some of the stress out of | | | | industry that you want to go into. The industry's pool |
| paying for this education, you've probably looked into | | | | their resources to offer scholarships in the hopes of |
| different kinds of scholarships. Unfortunately, you | | | | bettering their workforce. Organizing the information |
| probably gotten pretty frustrated with them too. Here | | | | this way will also make it much faster to apply for a |
| are few tips that I think will help you to find more high | | | | larger number of scholarships, because you will have |
| school scholarships: | | | | to keep looking up dates and times and organizations. |
| 1. Meet with your guidance counselor - meeting with | | | | 3. Scholarships search engines -believe it or not, there |
| your guidance counselor can be a fantastic way to | | | | are huge web portals who's entire purpose is to be a |
| find a lot of local scholarships that apply to you. The | | | | directory of scholarships. Join at least three of these, |
| guidance counselor will have a intimate knowledge of | | | | even though they are highly competitive, because so |
| all the scholarships that are offered for your year and | | | | many people are on them, every little scholarship you |
| locale, especially since some of the local scholarships | | | | can get will help. The other thing that I like about these |
| won't be available anywhere else such as online, this | | | | web portals is that they bring the scholarships to you, |
| can be a fantastic way to find scholarships with very | | | | so you can look at other places and then just fall back |
| little competition. While you're there, you might want to | | | | on the web portal when you bookmark and apply to all |
| ask them if there's anything you can do that will allow | | | | the other ones you found. Another thing I like is that |
| you to qualify for more scholarships. They should also | | | | you can sort them by date, so you don't ever apply to |
| have all the forms that you need to fill out to apply for | | | | a scholarship that won't be awarded for another year |
| the scholarships. | | | | or one that has already passed. |
| 2. Learn about yourself - I know this sounds silly, but by | | | | |