<p>This past year as a college freshman, S won several thousand dollars in outside scholarships that were one-time only awards. Now he is looking for outside scholarships to apply for toward next year, but finding many many that are for HS students. Any advice (besides fastweb and finaid) on locating scholarship opportunities for students already in college?</p>
<p>This depends on what S is studying. Some of the professional associations do not begin to give awards until a student can show competence in college. For example, many of the engineering associations do not have scholarships available until sophmore or junior year.</p>
<p>There are books full of outside scholarship opportunities for engineering students at commercial bookstores. As UnivMom mentioned, most engineering awards are not available until a student has made it through at least one year. Many of the awards I have seen are specific for low-income or special circumstances, and most are particular for a given field of research, e.g., "concrete engineers".</p>
<p>There are national scholarships like Goldwater (which my D won), Truman and Udall. The Goldwater was worth $15,000 over two years. But these are famously difficult to win, although the Goldwater to use an example awards 300 per year.</p>
<p>There are also some that are endowed at a specific university. Your kid's best bet is to check on campus with an advisor or a scholarship/fellowship office if the campus has one. Do keep in mind that most of these awards are either merit based, or targeting specific groups like minorities.</p>
<p>You can get some ideas here: National</a> Scholarships Office - University of Maryland</p>
<p>Thanks - I think he is finding the same thing you've said - most opportunities are for juniors and seniors after they are sure about their fields of study.</p>