Some Scholarship help

Paying for College
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<p>I'm curious as to any ideas of scholarships I could get. I live in Illinois so that might narrow it down. Below are my school stats. I plan to go into math/chemical engineering. Any help? Just ask for any more information</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<p>ACT: 31
unweighted GPA: around 3.8/4.0
weighted GPA: 4.6 something
Class Rank: top 3%
APs: US History, English, Psychology, Latin Literature, Government, MacroEcon...THIS YEAR: Chem, Phys B & C, Calc BC, Stats, Latin Vergil, English literature</p>

<p>Extra Activities: Mathletes (Assistant-soph, VP-junior, President-senior), Junior Classical League (Prez for soph and junior year), what I'll probably join in addition this year: scholastic bowl, hopefully science olympiad (school got rid of club before), science club, art club</p>

<p>Honors Societies: Mu alpha theta, pi sigma pi, national latin honor society, national honor society</p>

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<p>These can just be general scholarships that you know of… I could use some money for college and therefore some scholarships…</p>

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<p>The majority of the large scholarships are actually offered by the school. I would look at your interests (math/chem e) and see what schools offer scholarships for your stats. Look at your in-state schools first since they will probably want a bright student to stay in-state.</p>

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<p>Erin’s Dad is right; in-state university will probably be your best bet. Also check if universities in nearby states have an agreement wherein IL residents can attend for instate tuition.</p>

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<p>Most big scholarships are offered by the school, but if you’re looking for third-party scholarships, you’ll have to do a lot of searching and have them stack up.</p>

<p>There’s a few big third-party scholarships out there, like ROTC and the SMART scholarship (the latter is only available to students already in college but is very substantial for technical fields that you mentioned). Both these scholarships require some commitment to a job after college, though. Besides scholarships of this genre (some states offer scholarships to teachers who agree to sell their soul and teach wherever for some number of years - Ohio comes to mind?), I’m not aware of any third-party scholarship that is substantial.</p>