Scholarships for current college students?

Paying for College
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<p>I have just finished my first semester as a college freshman, and I'm spending some of my Christmas break searching for scholarships, as many of my scholarships were one-time-only awards for my freshman year. However, I am having a very hard time finding scholarships that I am eligible for as a current college student. Last year, I used mostly online sites such as Cappex to find scholarships, but though I have updated my profile and specify in my search that I am a current college student, the vast majority of the results that I can find are only for high school seniors. </p>

<p>Does anyone have any advice on how to find non-institutional scholarships for current college students? Or does anyone know of any particular scholarships for college freshmen that you could direct me to? Thanks!</p>

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<p>Have you considered the ROTC, national guard, reserves etc. Also, you need to be aware that some schools take away/reduce funds/loans for any outside scholarships or sources of aid. I suggest talking with a financial aid councilor at your school first. Your efc and the amount of outside source will be a factor too.</p>

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<p>OP posted this 2-25-12:</p>

<p>Hi! I am a junior and am trying to look more seriously into college choices–something I haven’t done much of yet! Basically, this is what I’m thinking about so far: </p>

<p>Since I am a Catholic myself and want to learn about and grow in my faith, I want to go to a Catholic college where faith is taken seriously and where I can take classes about Catholicism–I’ve seen some colleges with a Catholic Studies minor, which I would be very interested in, so something like that. Also, I’m quite conservative!</p>

<p>I’ve taken AP Bio, Lang & Comp, Stats, and am currently taking Calc AB. I’ve gotten 5’s on all of my exams. I’ve also taken A&PI, Comp I, and Genetics at the local community college. I plan on taking more. I would like to find a college that will let me use these credits.</p>

<p>I have a 36 ACT score and missed only 1 question on the PSAT/NMSQT, so am looking at quite probably being a National Merit Scholar. I hope this shows that I do like to be challenged, so I want a college that has good, challenging academics.</p>

<p>I want to major in Biochemistry or something similar with the view of becoming a veterinarian. Because of this, I need a college with good merit financial aid (four more years of vet school afterwards won’t help my debt load!) and with a good pre-vet program.</p>

<p>Finally, I want to stay in the Midwest probably in a fairly rural area–certainly not a big city like Chicago! I hope to be a mixed animal vet, so I need to be around the farms–plus I just don’t like cities!</p>

<p>I don’t know if this is really the point of this forum, but does anyone have any thoughts? Do you know of any schools that are like this? Is there a good way to go about looking? I am feeling overwhelmed with all the possibilities, so help is very much appreciated! Thank you!</p>

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<p>With a perfect ACT and almost-perfect PSAT/NMSQT, did you have some options for multi-year scholarships last year?</p>

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<p>You aren’t able to find much because there isn’t much available for current college students. The best source once you are already in school is usually departmental or other scholarships from your college.</p>