(New scholarships posted everyday)
Students Seeking Education by Experiencing Academic America (S.E.A.)
an Houston, Texas based mentoring program for high school students, students at risk, and college bound students who want to attend an Historically Black College / University. (HBCU).
S.E.A will post a scholarship list for minority students each day. If you are a high school senior, junior, or an transferring college student, these scholarships are for you. FREE MONEY! We all know through life there is nothing Free, you have to apply to receive this money. Your cost is time. The time it takes to fill out the scholarship application.. Look for the S.E.A. blog each day, highlighting a new scholarship listing 2010 / 2011.
College Scholarships: Athletic Scholarship Application Checklist
Want to play college ball, and get a college *scholarship for doing it? There are a number of requirements you must first fulfill, and a number of things you can do to ensure that you're on a prospective school's radar. Follow these steps to improve your chances of snagging athletic university scholarships.
Contact the school formally
Once you have made a list of the schools you're interested in, get the names of the head coaches and write to them. When you do, include:
· A factual resume of your athletic and academic accomplishments
· 10-to-15 minutes of video highlights (with your jersey number noted)
· Letters of recommendation from your high school and off-season coaches
· Your season schedule
Ace the interview
When you meet with a recruiter or coach, be sure to offer a firm handshake and maintain eye contact. According to recruiters, the most effective attitude is quiet confidence, respect, sincerity, and enthusiasm. These are qualities they'll want to see on the court and on the field.
Ask good questions
Don't think that you should refrain from asking questions. Not only will you impress the recruiter -- you’ll get the information you need to make the right decisions about your athletic and academic future. Such questions might include:
· Do I qualify athletically and academically?
· If I were recruited, what would the parameters of the college scholarships be?
· For what position am I being considered?
· What level of interest do you have in me?
Follow up
Timing is everything. There are four times when a follow-up letter from you or your coach can be extremely effective in procuring student scholarships:
· Prior to the senior season
· During or just after the senior season
· Just prior to or after announced signing dates (conference-affiliated or national association)
· Late summer, in case undergraduate scholarships offered to other athletes have been withdrawn or declined
Just like in sports, success with college scholarships is about persistence. Give it your all, and there’s a good chance it will pay off.
RESOURCE: http://www.petersons.com/college-search/athletic-scholarship-application-checklist.aspx
SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY
9- 21-2010
Ed Bradley Scholarship
One-time award for minority sophomore, junior, or senior undergraduate student enrolled in an electronic journalism program. Submit examples of reporting or producing skills on audio cassette tape or videotape, totaling 15 minutes or less, with scripts.
Award amounts $10,000.
Deadline: May 7.
Academic/Career Areas Communications; Journalism; TV/Radio Broadcasting.
Award Scholarship for use in sophomore, junior, or senior years; not renewable
Number: 1.
Amount: $10,000.
Eligibility Requirements Applicant must be American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black (non-Hispanic), or Hispanic and enrolled or expecting to enroll full-time at a four-year institution or university. Available to U.S. and non-U.S. citizens.
Application Requirements application, essay, resume, references, video or audio tape of work, statement explaining career in Electronic Journalism.
Deadline: May 7..
Contact: Irving Washington, Scholarship Committee
Radio-Television News Directors Association and Foundation
1600 K Street, NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-467-5218
Web: http://www.rtndf.org
p.s. If you need more information on scholarship search contact S.E.A.
c/o Norris Coleman @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com.
*As part of S.E.A. Mentoring Program, we want to build our Mentees vocabulary. S.E.A. has chosen to italicize words and statements in blue for our Mentee to understand and use in their vocabulary
