<p>I've heard that a lot of people just go to their counselors and get their help. What do you do. Personally I look on my own, and my guidance counselor will find big ones for me. For example, she nominated me for a 15k school specific scholarship.</p>
<p>So what do you do, and if you do it on your own what websites/ searches do you use?</p>
<p>My counselor has never helped me with anything other than schedule building at the beginning of the year. He did nominate me for a scholarship which I received, but it was because I found the scholarship on my own and requested it. And another counselor nominated me for one (haven’t found out about it yet) because it has to do with standing up for LGBT rights and he’s the Gay-Straight Alliance sponsor. </p>
<p>The school finds scholarships and puts the applications/info on a rack in the guidance office, I check that occasionally and have applied (but not received) a couple from there, or I find out from postings around school. My grandfather pointed me to one for Lebanese Christians, hopefully the small applicant pool is to my favor. </p>
<p>I’ve never done online research to look for random scholarships. I usually keep it local/state (although the Lebanese one is from a group in Cleveland, it’s a small applicant pool)</p>
<p>My brother couldn’t be bothered, so I’m doing his for him, for a cut of course :)</p>
<p>I find scholarships on my own. I use fastweb.com
You can’t rely on others so I recommend you look on your own.</p>
<p>The problem with fastweb is they’re hardly scholarships. It’s more like if you complete this intricate activity you could be nominated. All of mine it found for me were like “whoever donates the most books to x donation center is nominated to win!” … that’s not exactly what I was looking for.</p>
<p>I used FastWeb from 2006 until 2011 and never won scholarships, grants, anything. I was fed up with being mismatched to so many scholarships that didn’t apply to me, and the few that did apply to me required way too much of me, so I just deleted my account last year. It’s a big ripoff and waste of time. I’ve tried to get help with scholarships through my college’s financial aid office, and all they offer me is student loans, despite the fact I am on Social Security Disability, live under the poverty level, and maintain a 3.3 GPA.</p>
<p>You can also take a look at your extracurriculars. For example, if you’re an Eagle Scout, just google “Eagle Scout Scholarships.”</p>