<p>I have heard that it is possible to apply for scholarships midstream. Is this true at some or all colleges? Has anyone been successful at this and what can you tell me about the process?</p>
<p>Contact the college or go to their webpage if they have one and look through their lists of scholarships to see if your son or daughter qualifies and then apply. Our son received an email from either the department head or the Dean of the school with the application form. He just filled it out and got a scholarship. The amount wasn't huge but it's something. The department also sends out information on companies looking for interns, grads for full-time work and part-time workers during the school year as well as students looking to do research work during the summer.</p>
<p>Looking for scholarships and applying for them can be a ton of work.</p>
<p>My s is going to attend Ohio State in Engineering, and they state on their engineering web page that they actually have more money available for departmental scholarships for your 2 - 4 th years than for freshman year. I'm not sure how that works for other disciplines.
Also, I have seen on fastweb and sites for engineering society scholarships that specify the scholarship is for a sophomore, junior, or senior.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>There are often departmental and major specific scholarships available for continuing students. Both S and D were recepients of a few during their undergad years. Son's were all over the board: $1k, 2k and 4k, plus as a performance major he was able to audition into a full tuition scholarship program for his last two years; D's were smaller, in the $k and $2k range.</p>
<p>The best source is probably thr academic department of major, but there are often additional school wide upperclass scholarships that should be found in the financial aid office, or the school's undergrad handbook.</p>