<p>Scholarships that give students a good chance of winning?</p>
<p>If there were such scholarships, then posting them here would make them suddenly hard to get.</p>
<p>However, there are some schools that give assured scholarships for certain stats…but you need good stats. what are yours?</p>
<p>no there are such scholarships…maybe i’m wording it wrong…What are scholarships that are not that well-known so it’ll increase my chances of getting in?
but yeah i guess it might make it a little harder to get in if ppl post it here…BUT post it anyway if you have any in mind!!! Thanks!</p>
<p>You’ll have your best luck with local groups. Think Rotary or Community Foundation. Get the application and fill it out, COMPLETELY, and on time. You’d be amazed at how many applications are incomplete (and then go into the trash). </p>
<p>Think of a quilt (lots of patches) instead of a bedspread. Most kids (and parents) want a single scholarship to cover everything (bedspread). That’s super but very rare. Most students end up with an array of small scholarships stitched to some work earnings stitched to some savings stitched to some loans. </p>
<p>So instead of making yourself nuts applying to a scholarship 1,000 miles away, see what you can turn up in your own backyard. Next see what scholarships there are for YOUR particular strengths (juggling? baton twirling? Pig calling? Barrel racing?). Don’t forget the family tree, as there are scholarships for different religious and ethnic heritages. (Aren’t you glad you were nice to Great Aunt Edna who is Queen Bee of the Daughters of the Tulipstan Rememberance Society?).
Good luck!</p>
<p>PS. I am being jokey but I was in a funk at age 18 when I sneered at the girls who were baton twirlers – and then one of my aunt’s students won a generous scholarship for her twirling! Do not sneer at talents. If you have one, see who else loves the same.</p>
<p>Also, organizations do not always limit their scholarships to members of their organizations or only to those who have an obvious connection to that organization. For example, a state organization whose name indicatesa certain race yearly offers scholarships to students which most people assume are only available to students of that race. A few years ago, my daughter (who is not of that particular race) read the requirements for the scholarship and found it was open to everyone so she applied. There were more than a few raised eyebrows at the awards night when she was announced as one of the winners of that scholarship.</p>