<p>There are actually good chances that you can find a scholarship in your area of interest or major. Fine and performing arts is chock full of them…offered by professional organizations (graphic artists, video and sound producers, etc). One incredibly useful scholarship that I was awarded (and they tell me it still exists) is for students majoring in an “exotic” language. It was a national, state department/defense department award and the program was started during the Cold War but has continued. I was an agricultural econ student studying dairy herds in Wisconsin and already fluent in Spanish. Nevertheless, all fees and and stipend were mine if I took intensified Portuguese (2 year grant) and then Quechua (1 year). I am not a language whiz so Quechua was a bit of a disaster. At the time I wasn’t even a US citizen–I just had a green card. To those who have kids who want to learn an unusual language or skill…there are definitely funds out there and they should contact the college and department.</p>