Help me find some scholarships?

Paying for College
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<p>Hey I'm an Asian female, face financial adversity, and am currently a Permanent Resident of the United States.</p>

<p>3.5 + GPA
2100 + SAT</p>

<p>LOTS of community serivce, good enough essays, and the ability to get recomendations within a short notice.</p>

<p>I'd love it if anyone could refer me to, preferably, specific scholarships, but good scholarship engines are also appreciated.</p>

<p>I'm pretty much in need of a signficant amount of scholarship money, and I would like to apply to as many programs as possible so that I have a good chance of winning a reasonable amount of money.</p>

<p>Thank you for all that help me, I really do appreciate it <em>:)</em> <em>!!</em></p>

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<p>Are you looking for need based aid (based on your family income…which we don’t know) also…or just merit aid based on your posted stats?</p>

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<p>Family income is around 55,000 for 6 people, but I’m leaning more towards merit based aid.</p>

<p>Like essay contests,scholarships based on your community service.</p>

<p>Sort of like GMS!</p>

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<p>It’s late to be searching for scholarships, this deadline is Jan 14:</p>

<p>[APIASF:</a> Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund. Today’s Minds, Tomorrow’s Future®](<a href=“http://www.apiasf.org/scholarship_apiasf.html]APIASF:”>APIA Scholarship - APIA Scholars : APIA Scholars)</p>

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<p>^
“Do I need to complete separate applications for the APIASF and GMS Scholarship?
Yes. You must complete BOTH applications in order to be considered for the APIASF and GMS Scholarships.”</p>

<p>I didn’t find out about the GMS Scholarship until today…would I still be able to apply to the APIASF if I didn’t apply for the GMS and just be considered for the APIASF?</p>

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<p>Tochau…not to be rude, but could you start your own thread for that question?</p>

<p>And Entomom, thanks, I’ve actually applied to both GMS and APIASF already.</p>

<p>I was wondering if there were other scholarships/engines out there.</p>

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<p>Sorry!!! I did, but I didn’t get any replies and this was like right above my thread and sort of similar.</p>

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<p>Tha’s ok. But to answer your question, yeah you can still apply for APIASF without the GMS application…just be sure to do it before the 14th!</p>

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<p>Ok, thanks. I was super bummed about not knowing about the GMS before :\ … and I had the impression that scholarships like the APIASF was under it – jw, do you know what the scholarship amounts are for the APIASF is?</p>

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<p>$2500 !!!</p>

<p>tencharac</p>

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<p>Wherever you are applying to schools, check their FA policies regarding “outside scholarships.” The school may reduce your gift aid (grant dollars) by the amount of the outside scholarship you have won, thereby not making any difference in the amount of money you are expected to pay. </p>

<p>Some schools may take an outside scholarship and apply it towards your loans & not touch your gift aid. (Grant Dollars-Institutional Funds) So, before you write a whole bunch of essays, look at the outside scholarship policy of all the schools you applied to.</p>