| Scholarships are heaven sent for the incoming | | | | and accessible scholarships for the high school |
| college freshman. Most students depend on this | | | | graduate to attain. |
| form of financial aid in order to go and stay in | | | | Need-based scholarships are those that require a |
| college. Scholarships usually require that the | | | | student to fill out the Free Application for Federal |
| student meet a distinctive set of criteria that's | | | | Student Aid (FAFSA) in order to determine how |
| important to the scholarship provider. This | | | | much a student's family can contribute to their |
| shouldn't be an issue, however, since there are | | | | education and how much is left wanting. Those |
| thousands of organizations, schools, businesses, | | | | who expect the family contribution to be little, if |
| and the like that have a variety of differing | | | | anything, are at a greater need for these types |
| requirements and all they really want to see is | | | | of scholarships. |
| today's youth succeed. | | | | Then there are career-driven scholarships. |
| The possibilities for attaining scholarships are | | | | Different career organizations often establish |
| literally limitless. If an individual just applies him or | | | | scholarships in order to drive college students into |
| herself to the scholarship search, there is no way | | | | their career field. For instance, teaching and |
| that at least one scholarship could not be had. | | | | nursing associations often pay for a student's |
| Scholarships are given based upon a variety of | | | | tuition if they make a commitment to work in a |
| characteristics and I will go through the major | | | | particular area where this job is in high demand. |
| determining factors, most of which overlap in one | | | | On the other hand, leagues tend to lend their |
| way or another. | | | | support to students purely out of the desire to |
| Most long-term scholarships (those given over | | | | see their career field flourish with young minds. |
| subsequent school years) require a student to | | | | One could call this a survival method, the desire to |
| maintain a certain GPA level, while some one-time | | | | leave a legacy. |
| scholarships usually require just an initial essay or | | | | Student-specific scholarships are another popular |
| writing sample, it really all depends. Everything | | | | type in which the applicant must first qualify |
| written here is to provide a very loose and | | | | based on specific cultural/genetic factors such as |
| general understanding of the variety of | | | | one's ethnicity, religion, gender, heritage, and the |
| scholarships that are out there. | | | | like. One of the most visible examples of this is |
| The most popular types of scholarships are | | | | the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), which is an |
| merit-based scholarships. Their criteria require that | | | | organization that specifically raises funds to |
| the individual excel at some skill, for example: | | | | provide African American students with an |
| academics, sports, the arts, volunteering or any | | | | education. Another example would be scholarships |
| other extracurricular activity. Academic and | | | | awarded specifically to individuals of Jewish |
| athletic scholarships appear to be the most visible | | | | descent. |