<p>“Right. I too looked into local ones. Where do you live that has lots of scholarship offers just for local residents - and that not many local residents know about and apply to themselves?”</p>
<p>Well, turtlerock, in our area details of dozens of local scholarships are detailed on the high school guidance office’s websites. Announcements are made at the high schools. I looked at websites from all the local school districts. Most of my daughter’s classmates never even mentioned to their parents that there were local scholarships they could apply for- because they didn’t want to make the effort. Students are much more likely to win local scholarships because the pool of applicants is much smaller and the quality of competition is not as high. Have you seen the credentials of the students who win the National Elks Award or the CocaCola Scholars? The odds off winning those scholarships are truly not worth the effort for a student who has not achieved at least at a state level or maybe national recognition in some area of accomplishment.</p>