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What's a scholarship and how do I get one?

Scholarships, the best way to finance your studies

A Scholarship is defined as a financial award for a student scholar for the purpose of furthering their education.

Education can be expensive. Very expensive. If you’re rich, you shouldn’t have a problem paying for college. If you want to work while studying, you should be ok. If you feel like borrowing money to pay for university, that’s fine. But there’s a better way.

Schools, institutes and companies want to give you money. Yes, that’s right. Scholarships attached to successful students can raise a school’s reputation, create productive representatives of institutes, and help nurture future ideal employees for top companies. That’s why scholarships exist, and they’re out there for you to take advantage, so don’t be shy – apply.

And if you’re thinking, “I’m not special, why would anybody give me money?”, you’re wrong. There’s a scholarship out there just for you, you just have to find it. If you have good marks, if you volunteer, if you help out in your community, if you participate in extracurricular activities, even if you have a disability- you’re eligible for something. Take a look at these stats from Scholarship Canada. Of the 7,363 individual scholarships listed in the 2004 ScholarshipsCanada.com Entrance Awards directory there are:

  • 17 that require some kind of agricultural involvement
  • 262 that require athletic involvement;
  • 631 that require some sort of extracurricular activity;
  • 615 that require some sort of leadership role;
  • 1115 that require school or community service;
  • 80 that require the student to have a general disability;

So you see, anybody can get a scholarship.

All you have to do is… apply!

These are the steps you should take to find and apply for scholarships:

  • Do your research. Use this LearnHub community and other websites to look for scholarships that interest you.

  • Analyze yourself. Figure out whether you fit in with academic-based scholarships, leadership ones, or maybe agriculture ones. Write down your strengths and what makes you special and find out which scholarship fits you best.

  • Work on your applications. Start early and watch the deadlines. Be sure to fill in the entire applications. Scholarship applications can require you to fill out information forms, questions about yourself, essays, portfolios, and more. There’s a lot of work involved, but luckily there are also a lot of online resources to help you.

  • Send your applications in and hope for the best. Good luck!

Don’t forget to check out our scholarship community for more information!

megapriya
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megapriya said:

it’s a good one i think it will be very helpfull to students who are looking for the financial aid…

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srivastava9polymerz said:

in how much time will i start getting scholarship?

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Shouldice said:

Also keep in mind that there are scholarships available from industry as well as from the university directly. At many school’s websites finding information about their scholarships is as simple as typing ‘student awards’ into their search box. If you did that at Athabasca University it would take you to this page: http://www.athabascau.ca/registrar/studawrds.php

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srao_ogirala said:

HI , Iam from india ,how to approach indutries for scholarship .

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HI , Iam from india ,how to approach indutries for scholarship .

You can find more information about who offers scholarship here. As well, there are some useful tips about applying for scholarships in this lesson.

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swati_kharodia said:

Good lesson. Also I would like to appreciate oLahav, for the knowldge he shared through links. Thanks Swati

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