<p>There are scholarships unclaimed, and totaled add up to significant amounts, but I have found that the vast, vast majority of them are small scholarships that are very specialized. Depending on the schedule and other things kids are doing, it can be time consuming and ornerous to apply for awards that are sometimes as little as $100. There is a local scholarship here, that S started, and it is three pages, needs three references, interviews, and all sorts of info directly sent to them for a big $500. THe time that could take and the people he would bug if did a number of those could really be a problem, and he is probably earning more working.</p>