Major Scholarships for Current Undergrads

<p>Hi everyone! I am currently a rising sophomore at a 4-year university. As a high school student, I found it very easy to find and apply for scholarships. However, as an undergrad, I'm finding it more difficult to find major scholarships. </p>

<p>Does anyone have advice as to where I should look? I am a premed and majoring in biochemistry, if that helps. But generally, I'm just wondering if I'm missing some good websites. I really hate fastweb and cappex, which love to classify me as a high school student and direct me to tons of scholarships for which I'm ineligible. </p>

<p>Thanks for any help! :)</p>

<p>SMART. It does, however, require you to work for the government upon graduation. </p>

<p>ROTC scholarships are available for two years at some schools. There are med school programs through the military as well.</p>

<p>nicolekm, I know what you mean, my son has never had any success with those sites. My son attends school in Pennsylvania and they have a statewide organization called Pennsylvania Bio which sponsors a 10,000 life sciences scholarship. He found it by randomly googling and actually won it!</p>

<p>If you attend in another state I would recommend searching to see if there is a statewide Biotech/Life Sciences organization - they may sponsor a scholarship.</p>

<p>If you are doing any research, take a look at the Goldwater scholarship.</p>

<p>Also check your home town as well - sometimes there are a few smaller scholarships out there for current college students. We had only one through our Historical Society.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>The Goldwater is tough (and generally aimed at students who plan to go into research), but if you get it, it’s not only $15,000, but it’s also quite prestigious and will look really good on post-grad applications.</p>