Applying for Major Designated Scholarships?

Paying for College
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<p>In looking for possible scholarships, I notice that some of them are for people who intend on specific majors. In many schools you don't actually declare your major until at least Sophomore year or later. So, I was wondering how that works, if you are just planning on majoring is something, or considering it could you still apply for the scholarship if it isn't "official" anywhere?</p>

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<p>So I guess no one else has a clue either?</p>

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<p>Can you give a specific example of what you are talking about?</p>

<p>Each scholarship will have its own requirements for determining eligibility for consideration, and also for keeping it each year.</p>

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<p>If it is a school related scholarship, then at the school I am going to a specific to major scholarship requires that you have declared that major and that you be taking a minimum number of hours a semester toward that major. For instance I have an accounting scholarship. I had to have declared an accounting major to be eligible to apply for it, and each semester I have to take a minimum of 9 hours that specifically count toward the accounting major in order to keep it. I would imagine this is pretty standard at many schools.</p>

<p>For outside scholarships it would depend on the rules of the individual scholarship.</p>

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<p>In general, for example on many of the scholarships listed on fastweb, one of the lines of the description is “applicable majors” and it will either say “All Fields of Study” or list a specific major.</p>

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<p>the chance of getting a scholarship from fastweb is very very very remote.</p>

<p>Your time is better spent focusing on schoolwork, finding scholarships thru your local community, or directly from colleges.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the info. I suspected it would be tough to get one of those with so many people applying and not really knowing the legitimacy of the scholarship. </p>

<p>That being said, the same requirements do come up with local scholarships offered through the school and I guess the question is, if you *plan *on majoring in something is that enough to be able to try for a major specific scholarship, or do you have to be in a school that you apply to a specific major to even get accepted and already officially have that major noted somewhere?</p>

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<p>Each scholarship will have its own eligibility requirements for application, and, if the scholarship is renewable, there will be requirements for retaining the scholarship.</p>

<p>If the scholarship is open to high school graduates, then it is probably sufficient for the applicant to INTEND to major in the specified field. It is common for college students to change their major - several times in fact!</p>

<p>That being said, it is unlikely you will be a competitive candidate for a trumpet performance scholarship without having substantial trumpet skills.</p>

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<p>Darn…I guess I will have to cross that one off the list :wink: </p>

<p>Thanks for the input, I was thinking it would work that way too, but I just wasn’t sure and wondered if anyone had any experience with it before. I suppose I could just contact the scholarship people, I just get spoiled seeing the questions answered here all the time.</p>

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<p>The more specific a question is, the easier it is to answer.</p>