I HAVE A 3.5 GPA AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABE FOR STUDENTS WITH DECEASED PARENTS? I AM FROM SC AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE WEBSITE IF THERE IS ANY THAT I MAY GO ON TO FIND ANY.
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Try going to collegeboard.com and setting up an account.  It's free and easy and they can help you not only with a great scholarship search but also with college/career/major searches as well.
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don't worry about past mistakes, there are grants for everyone. i've given this same advice to like 3 other people. the best place to start is at your local library or bookstore. look for an author named Ben Kaplan. he delivers the easiest to read system for finding scholarships and grants and the grants and scholarships in his book almost everyone qualifies for. plus he walks you through each step of applying and even has examples of winners' entries. here's a list of his books.
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Fastweb.com can help you locate scholarships! I think it's one of the best scholarship sites around!
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I'm familar with two different categories of financial aid: need-based and merit-based. You seem to want to qualify for merit-based aid.\n\nFor aid when you enter college, take challenging courses, get good marks in them, be involved, and don't do anything stupid (like get charged with a crime, do drugs, etc). In other words, submit a strong application, and you should get booku merit-based aid.\n\nOnce in college, maintain a high GPA in challenging courses, and you should continue to qualify for merit-based aid.\n\nFurthermore, outside of your school there are a plethora of private scholarships. They will probably award their funds based on GPA, extra-curricular involvement, etc (their own private criteria). Keep your eyes open for these. Benefactors are dieing to hand out money to college students! It's their investment into the future (and a nice tax write-off)!
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Are you a senior graduating this year, or are you already in college?  When I was in high school, I made EXTREMELY good grades, but I didn't receive many scholarships (a combo of 3 for my freshman year), so it was kind of discouraging.  The competition between seniors for college scholarships is so intense, it's sometimes ridiculous.\n\nThen, once I was in college, I kept making good grades and applied for scholaships for continuing students the next 3 years I was in school.  These are the scholarships you have to go for if you're serious about getting free money.  APPLY EVERY YEAR.  If your grades are where they should be, you will receive money.  A bachelor's degree is not cheap, but I managed to get out of school with no student loans to repay.  Just keep your grades up and remember that scholarships are for everyone, not just incoming freshmen.
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Check out fastweb.com. It will generate a list of scholarships specific for your son. Also talk with the financial aid office, especially if there has been any changes in family income, household size, any changes since you filled out the FAFSA. The fin aid office can often find grant sources. Also ask the college about departmental scholarships, most Universities offer them.
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My parents didn't help me. first i went to a junior college and financial aid paid for some of it, i got a job at the school but mostly i borrowed money- loans. Now i go to a community college and it's about 2,200 per semester plus about 400 for books, lucky me financial aid and tap pays for it. Maybe it's too late to apply for a scholarship but not for grants, try getting your GPA up and try to get a scholarship for the next semester. Or get a job to help you out. But one thing is for sure, education is important and you can always pay you're loans back after you graduate and if you don't find a job after wards they will defer (meaning you don't have to pay it) until you get a job. So i say, go to school.
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What is this for, College?\n\nIf so, I hope you are doing really well and can just get a full-ride scholarship to a college.
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there's tones of scolorships out there that you prob haven't heard of, go to the school your daughter is wanting to apply to, there's also a student line of credit (they have low interest rates) ummmm, your really going to have to do some research and talk to alot of people, where there's a will there's a way!
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Start searching for scholarships very early! take the SAT exam. Apply for all possible scholorships(u'll be surprised to know what all reasons u can get sholarships for) U should be willing to spend a lot of time on this. The best and most helpful website would be collegeboard.com...\n\nHope this helps!
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Keep on studying, dude.  I don't mean to offend you in any sort of way, but clearly your father doesn't know shite when it comes to hard work, and it shows through his belittling of your mother.  If you're just like your mom, then your mom must have been one determined chick (so in a way, that's more of a compliment).\n\nLooking on the positive side, your dad's snickering and talking down to you could be his only way of encouraging you.  If he's the big, bad, 'gotta be tough all of the time and not show love' type, he knows nothing about how to treat his son, thus he naturally emotes what comes to mind first.\n\nGet involved with scholarships in your high school.  You'd be surprised how many people and organizations LOVE to give out free money for college...  I know I sure as hell was.\n\nP.S. - Though I'm sorry to hear that your mom is no longer with you, know that (just like you) she was smart and got the hell away from your dad.\n\nEmail me if you'd like.  I know a lot about this kind of thing.
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Yes, there are scholarships available from Harvard, because our son turned one down. I believe in his case it was offered to him, because he had a 4.0 grade average throughout his highschool years.
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Actually if yu do a google search on scholarship money availaible you will find tons. If you are willling to write essays there is a lot of money to be had and so many people are to lazy to write essays good chance is this is your ticket. Also under ask.com ask that wuestion and the same thing. Another thing not sure were your parents work but many large companies have scholarships sometimes small for there employees children also credit Unions and Banks as well. Also seek the advisor a your school or college you plan to attend they know many hidden scholarships. As well as go on line for goverment education grants. Grants are money you Do NOT have to pay back depending on what you are studying has alot to do with how much grant money there is
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Yes   a lot of scholarships available.  Visit  http://www.catzone.org
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I'm so sorry for your loss.  When my dad died, I was comforted by the fact that he joined the "great cloud of witnesses" in heaven and that he could see me and cheer me on.  I'm sure that your popo would like to see you succeed in your life.  Think of him each day in a positive way and work to make him proud.  Remember the good times and focus on the good memories.  Ask your teacher(s) if there is any way you could do some extra credit to bring your grades back up.  You can do this -- one day at a time.
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There are lots of scholarships available all over the place.  Some are based on academic achievement and some are based on need.\n\nI cannot get any kind of scholarship because I have no academic achievement and no need.  You might have better luck.\n\nI am an idiot and people call me a moron, and that might have something to do with it too.
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Contact the college they wwant to go to, they should have hardship fund and scholarship info for you.