<p>Simon Mall Scholarship-seems to be for financial need students
BP scholarship- seems to be for financial need students as well as students from certain states</p>
<p>walton12- </p>
<p>oops, you are right those two do have some kind of financial need requirements and the BP is local to only NY and NJ. I quickly provided a list of scholarships that I could remember because no one was really giving the OP any answers. </p>
<p>Last year I don't think the Simon mall one had a financial component, but even now, it says you only have to have $1500 need which quite frankly, is possible even with high income families.</p>
<p>I think the Toyota Community Scholarship is also coming up (needs a recommendation from your high school if you qualify) and THe Tylenol (for studies in healthcare) is also approaching I think. </p>
<p>There are merit scholarships out there, but it takes more work than posting on a forum to find them. As I mentioned before, my son began to compile his list long before Senior year and carefully tracked deadlines. I'm not too sure that many people who went through all the work of finding scholarships want to post their lists and invite even more competition (specially given the stats on this forum)</p>
<p>One suggestion for local scholarships is to check the guidance counselor pages for other high schools in your area. Some high schools list local scholarships on those pages. You may need to eliminate ones that are specific to their district, but many list some that are for the county or the state.</p>
<p>"Is Ron Brown only for African Americans"?</p>
<p>Walton12, yes it is.</p>
<p>Bumping this thread. I would also like to know of such scholarships. </p>
<p>Are there any art ones that anyone knows of? Not that I'd have a shot in hell, but it'd be fun to try.</p>
<p>edit: Ooh, in searching for an answer to my question above, I found this website: www.scholarships.com/art-scholarships.aspx</p>
<p>Looks pretty legit. & I haven't looked at any of the sections besides the art one, but maybe there's good stuff there... there should be, considering the website's domain...</p>
<p>this is my exact situation, my parents dont make enough to really be able to pay for many top schools i can get into , but make too much for fin aid!</p>
<p>I have full rides to a few schools so far, but i doubt i will get $$$ at my top schools</p>
<p>Go on fastweb. You are right, however. There are many awards that take need into consideration. However, my son did get a $5K outside award that is annually renewable. There were a number of big scholarships listed but the competition is fierce for them.</p>
<p>I think a lot of us are in this situation. You can maybe get a merit scholarship from the school, but it may only cover half the tuition. You have to come up with the other half, plus room and board, and travel to and from.</p>
<p>Take a moderately priced private college. 30K tuition, 10K room and board.</p>
<p>Half tuition equals 15K, add 10K room and board. So that's 25K a year.</p>
<p>Your EFC is at least 25K a year, so you've got to foot the rest of the bill on your own.</p>
<p>I think it's worthwhile filling out apps, writing essays, dogging teachers for essays, to get even 500 bucks a year, so you can at least fly home for Christmas.</p>
<p>But if these schollies take need into account, you won't even get them.</p>
<p>I try comparing this to buying a car. I bought a 2004 Camry, financed it for 5 years. The 340 dollar note has been killing me in these hard times. That was my big extravagance!</p>
<p>If I basically have to take out a car loan every year for four years, does that mean I'll have four times the car note every month at the end of the four years?</p>
<p>I know it's got to be much more complicated than this, but I'm trying to bring it down to everyday terms.</p>
<p>Even if you cut out room and board after two years, you still have to pay rent, buy food, pay utilities. And being off campus will require the extra expense of transportation costs.</p>
<p>Does the FAFSA take these costs into consideration when figuring out your need?</p>