Hey everyone! This is literally my first post on this site ever, so bear with me.
So I’m a freshman in undergraduate school (U/H). I’ve read about people who began applying for college scholarships as a freshman in high school (just earlier today I read about a guy who earned around $500,000 in scholarship money before he even got to college). So my question is, for those of you who have been looking at grad school scholarships: am I, as a freshman in undergrad, eligible to apply for grad school scholarships? I realize that this varies from scholarship to scholarship. I’m wondering how it generally works. I’ve tried researching this myself, but grad school scholarships seem to be much more sparse than undergrad scholarships (that’s my perception, anyway). Is it possible for me to begin applying for these scholarships now, as opposed to having to wait until I’ve finished my undergrad years? Thanks
No you can’t apply for grad school scholarships now. Simply put…you don’t have a college record at all yet…and even when you do…your full college career will be reviewed…not your freshman year.
Grad schools award aid based on the strength of you application and their desire to have you as a member of their grad school cohort.
At this point, concentrate on getting tippy top grades, some decent internships, and the like.
Then when you apply to grad school, your application will be stronger.
There are still undergrad scholarships you can apply to. Ask at your FA office if they have any from the school or from area organizations, and you can sometimes find them through your major.
There really aren’t many freshmen in high school getting scholarships. They may start the process of keeping records, participating in community service, joining clubs, but the actual applications for scholarships are most often in junior/sr year.
I this student is asking about getting grad school scholarships while in undergrad school.
I do not think this is a happening.
OP is a freshman in college.
Yes, but he said he was basing his interest in applying now, as a freshman in college for grad school, because
and he wanted to do the same thing for grad school, get a head start. Even the guy he read about who got $500,000 didn’t get most of that, if any, as a freshman in high school.
What kind of graduate school?
PhD programs are commonly funded (tuition waiver plus living expense stipend in exchange for being a research assistant and/or teaching assistant), since it is like an apprenticeship for university faculty jobs.
Professional school (MD, JD, MBA, etc.) can be very expensive, with much less in the way of funding available.
@ucbalumnus
While you are right…none of those sources of funding are available for application to a college freshman…which is what the OP is.