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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.

The Basics Of School Loans

At one time all you needed was a high school diploma in order to attain a good occupation. Nowadays, it's a different story, a college degree is virtually mandatory for any type of good-paying occupation. Alas, college is extremely costly. Even when you attend a state school with discounted in-state tuition, college costs frequently surpass those of autos and houses. Although most families don't have the funds to *ante up for a multi-year college education, assistance is obtainable in the form of a *school loan.

The school loan is available in two different flavours. The need-based school loan is for people who need help with paying for an education and are configured to meet part of the educational costs. The non-need based loan helps to pay a share of the family contribution when cash is tight.

For both graduate and undergrad pupils, the *Fed Stafford Loan offers up a simple-interest, *collateral-free, government secured school loan. While the student remains in school, interest accumulates at a lesser rate. The rate of interest is fixed and doesn't adjust up or down during this time. Once the Stafford school loan is taken out, there is a rate of interest ceiling that's imposed. At no time during the lifetime of the loan can the rate of interest rise above this ceiling. When the student leaves school or graduates, they're afforded a six-month goodwill period before they have to *commence repayment of the loan.

The Federal PLUS school loan, or Parent Loan for undergrad Students, is akin to the Stafford loan. Its non-need based, and is also no-collateral, simple interest, and government secured. PLUS loans permit parents of undergraduate students to borrow up to the full amount of college costs, less any fiscal aid, grants, or scholarships. PLUS loans are up to ten years in length and there is no penalization to prepay the loan in full. Parents can start payment while the student is still registered in school.

These loan options occasionally don't cover every cent of all college expenses. When there is a gap between loans and true costs, alternate loans may be looked for. A lot of lenders offer up private student loans that are *akin to the government student loans. They have low rates, no charges, deferred payment, and multiple repayment choices. A different option is for parents to borrow against their house equity to finance college training.

Although this alternative offers income tax advantages, a home equity loan doesn't have the same sort of flexibility as federal student loans. For instance, when fiscal hardship arises, federal student loans may be placed in *forbearance. Home equity loans cannot. Besides, loans can be consolidated into one student school loan that has adaptable repayment choices. Home equity loans commonly only have one repayment option.

Learn a lot more about school funding at school loans.

By James Hunaban

The Student Loan

The rising costs of college tuition have made it almost a necessity to apply for a student loan today. Students not only have tuition costs, but the cost of books, meals, gas, cell phones, recreation, etc. The variety of student loans enables students to take care of their varying college expenses. A student loan however, is a loan that must be repaid under specified circumstances.

Each of the following are student loans with differing conditions and time frames for repayment:

Virtually any school or program will allow you to utilize the Direct Student loan, Guaranteed Student loan or PLUS loan. It is very important to thoroughly research all available options for funding long-term education. Your future is tied to your funding, which is your student loan.

John Williams is the student loan blogger at http://studentloan.blogspot.com. He reviews student loans and interprets often complicated financial data into simple to understand language.

By John Williams Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Williams

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

9-13-2010

The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

Scholarship ID: 119925

Scholarship Description: The Prize in Ethics Essay Contest is an annual competition designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world. Full time Juniors and Seniors at accredited four-year colleges and universities in the US are welcome to enter the Essay Contest and compete for $10,000 in prizes and the opportunity to meet Elie Wiesel in New York City.

Contact: The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

Address: 555 Madison Avenue

20th Floor New York, NY 10022

Phone: 212-490-7788

Fax 212-490-6006

Email Address: Alexandrea@eliewieselfoundation.org

Application Deadline: February 12, 2011

Number Of Awards: (5) FIVE

Maximum Amount: See Description

Website Address: http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org

For more information about the Essay Contest or The Elie Wiesel Foundation,

please visit: http://www.eliewieselfoundation.org

GO TO SCHOLARSHIPS.COM http://www.scholarships.com/Award.aspx?AWARD_ID=14

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please 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

(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 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

All about the FAFSA

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is the main application for most federal aid programs. The FAFSA seeks to determine an individual’s ability to pay for college, and according to the Department of Education, the previous year’s tax information leads to the most accurate assessments. Questions will be asked requiring both your 1040 and your W-2’s, so (if you have them) you will need both those documents to complete the FAFSA.

In the winter or spring before you are set to begin college, you will need to complete a FAFSA on the Web in order to apply for federal aid. Applications are available on January 1 each year, and you’ll have to do a new application for each year you are in school. FAFSA deadlines vary by state and can occur as early as the February before the first semester in which you’re requesting financial aid.

If you are an *undergraduate student who is under 24, isn’t married, doesn’t have kids, and is neither a veteran nor a foster child or emancipated minor, you will need to use your parents’ tax information as well as your own, regardless of who is responsible for paying your tuition. However, if you are *estranged from your parents, it may be possible to *appeal through your school’s financial aid office. Appeals can also be made based on changes in your financial situation not reflected in your previous year’s income taxes, such as the loss of a job. WWW.FAFSA.GOV

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

9-12-2010

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Scholarship ID: 93063

Scholarship Description: The FSEOG Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate students to promote access to postsecondary education. Students can receive these grants at any one of approximately 4,000 participating postsecondary institutions. Institutional *financial aid administrators at participating institutions have substantial flexibility in determining the amount of FSEOG awards to provide students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment. Priority is given to those students with “exceptional need” (those with the lowest expected family contributions at the institution) and those who are also Federal Pell Grant recipients. Financial need is determined by the U.S. Department of Education, using a standard formula to evaluate the financial information reported on the FAFSA and to determine the family’s expected family contribution (EFC). After filing a FAFSA, the student receives a Student Aid Report (SAR), or the school receives an Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR), which provides the EFC.

Resource: http://www.scholarships.com/Award.aspx?AWARD_ID=24

For more information, visit http://www.ed.gov/programs/fseog/index.html

Contact: Federal Student Aid

Address: PO Box 84

Washington, DC 20044-0084

Phone: 800-4FE-DAID

Application Deadline: Varies

Number Of Awards See Description

Maximum Amount $4,000

Website Address: http://www.ed.gov

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please 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

(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

Deciding Which Colleges to Apply to.

Once you've done your research and gathered all the information you need, you may think you are ready to decide which colleges to apply to. Not so fast! Do you really have all the information you need to make an informed, reasonable, and heartfelt decision?

An Informed Decision

An informed decision means you have all the facts. If you are missing some detail or information, you should fill in the gaps. If the information you need isn't in the college publications you already have or available from other sources you have access to, call the appropriate department at the college. Most importantly, visit the college if you can. Make sure you have all the facts you need before you make your decision.

A Reasonable Decision

A reasonable decision means that you have considered your chances of acceptance at the colleges you're most interested in. What's more, if you do get accepted, you know you'll be able to afford it. Finally, you should be fairly confident of succeeding at the colleges personally and academically. Review each school's admissions requirements and make sure you are a solid candidate and that your qualifications match what the school is looking for.

A Heartfelt Decision

A heartfelt decision means you aren't basing your decision solely on measurable criteria, that you're also going with your intuition and instincts — that you're following your gut. You should feel good about each campus and the people there. Each school should fit your personality in important ways — and challenge you in just the right ways.

The Right Decision

Make sure you're happy with every college on your list before you apply — you know you will be attending one of them.

Although cost is certainly an important factor, don't automatically exclude colleges based on high costs alone. If you qualify academically you may very well qualify for *sufficient financial aid as well. Once you've made your final decision, go ahead and request application materials if you don't already have them. Complete your applications, concentrate on your senior year classes, and wait for the envelopes from the college admission offices with a minimum of stress. A final review of all the factors influencing your decision will boost your confidence that you are well on your way to a college that's right for you.

https://www.collegedata.com/cs/content/content_choosearticle_tmpl.jhtml?articleId=10021

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

8-16-2010

Landmark Scholars Program

One scholarship of $10,000 for minority group sophomores enrolled full-time in a four-year degree program majoring in Journalism. Must have minimum GPA of 2.5.

Deadline: January 1.

Academic/Career Areas Journalism.

Award Scholarship for use in sophomore year; renewable

Number: up to 1. Amount: up to $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. Applicant must have 2.5 GPA or higher. Available to U.S. citizens.

Application Requirements: application, essay, financial need analysis, references, transcript, work samples.

Deadline: January 1.

CONTACT:

Howard Templeton, Program Manager
Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94394-1185
Phone: 650-857-1501
Fax: 541-715-0528
E-mail: howard.templeton@hp.com
Web: http://www.hp.com

http://www.studentedge.com/scholarshipsearch/programvc.aspx?level=u&region=s&sponsor=16519&inunid=173413

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please contact

S.E.A. c/o NORRIS COLEMAN @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com

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(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 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

American College Testing Assessment

( ACT )

The Act (American College Testing Assessment) assess a student's knowledge in English, Math, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. The test is administered by the American College Testing Program and it consists of four tests 35-40 minutes long.

Specifically, the American College Test was created to test college bound students cumulative knowledge in four different subjects: English, Mathematics, Reading and Science Reasoning. This multiple choice based test, which is usually administered in the south, is known for testing a student’s ability to recall formulas and fundamentals from the aforementioned subjects as well as a student’s ability to solve graphs. Students are graded on a scale of one (lowest) to thirty-six (highest) in each of these four categories. The four sub-scores recorded from these four respective topics are then averaged together for a composite score that is looked at upon universities for various purposes such as acceptance, scholarship qualification and then eventually class placement. This assessment does not penalize students for having incorrect answers as only correct answers affect the scoring. According to Mary Beth Marklein of USA Today, the national composite test score average in 2004 was 20.9, as a record number of test takers (1.2 million) were recorded. She also reported that in 2004, students tested higher in the reading section of the assessment (21.3), despite rants that the allotted time for this portion of the test is too short. The lower composite test scores throughout the years have created many jobs in preparing for the ACT. Test centers have been developed nationwide, and companies such as *Kaplan offer strategies to taking the ACT along with practice tests (which are actual ACT tests administered throughout the years). According to the ACT official website, the test is given on six dates a year, at hundreds of locations, and students can take the test as many times as they desire, as the highest score is the only looked at determining acceptance. The traditional format of the ACT will now feature a writing assessment starting in October 2005 that tests students abilities to write a short essay.

http://www.act.org/ *Kaplan - http://www.kaptest.com/index.jhtml?cmp=sch:yahoo

KENTUCKY STUDENTS

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

8-11-2010

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must
fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act.
There is no other route to success.

~Stephen A. Brennan~

Do you have goals for your life and business?

I'm sure you do. Are you achieving any of your goals?

Even when you've set a "good" goal - you can run into some

challenges along the way... namely, motivation. Without motivation,

even the most ambitious person will get sidetracked. Here are the strategies that
will keep you on track to achieving your goals:

Write it down

It's one thing to set a goal and yet another to write it down.

You're making a step towards committing to your goal when

you write it down. I know it seems obvious, however, you'd be

surprised at how many individuals

don't complete this step.

Determine what achieving this goal will do for you

Give life to your goals. Write down what it will mean or what it

will do for you to achieve this goal. Visualize it and write it down.

Place yourself in the moment. This is also a key to manifesting

your goals.

Focus on success.

Being overcome by negative thoughts or "what if" scenarios can spell
disaster, even death, to your goals. When you start out by finding a
million ways why your plans won't work, your energy is getting diverted
to dealing with failure that hasn't even happened!

Instead of funneling your time and resources into negative thoughts and
processes, make the decision that you're not going to entertain any
ideas of failure. If it happens, it happens. You don't have to spend
your precious resources worrying about it now.

"What you focus on expands." ~ Author unknown

Chart your progress.

A great motivation is to create a visual graphic to represent your
progress towards your goal. Think of those thermometers that elementary
schools place outside on a busy road, measuring how close they are to
achieving their fund-raising goal for the new community pool or
library. A similar, physical chart that you can update with progress
will do wonders to keep your attention focused.

When you're doing this step, think outside the box. If you're trying to
spend more time at the gym, why not post a map of the US on your wall,
and draw an inch from one coast to the other for each hour you spend on
the treadmill? Visual reminders are fun ways to keep your goals in the
forefront of your mind.

Don't be afraid to ask for help or turn to an expert for advice.

Some individuals feel guilty about asking for help or admitting that they
need help. Or you may think that you need to do everything on your own.
Nothing could be further from the truth! Alcoholics Anonymous has
sponsors, Michael Phelps has a coach, and Jack Welch had an advisory
board. No one has to be alone in their goal-setting efforts. Trying to
eat healthier? Nutritionists will help you fine-tune your diet. Working
out to get fit? Trainers will help you find the most effective
exercises to achieve your physical goals. Trying to get clear on your
vision, goals and stay focused or maybe even get unstuck? Coaches such
as

myself can assist you in this area.

There are business mentors and coaches who can help you figure out social
media, launch a new information product, create action plans, stay
focused, streamline your finances etc.. You can also find tons of
books, videos, and websites to help you reach your goal, no matter what
your goal happens to be. Don't go it alone. You also need an
accountability partner. Many times this is the missing piece.

Need more support in setting and/or achieving your goals? I invite you to
contact me for a complimentary life and business breakthrough strategy
session. Where I'll help you create a vision of where you'd like to go,
uncover some of the things that may be holding you back

and more. You'll leave our session re-energized, empowered and more focused.

Send an email to info@RobinTramble.com put "Life and Business

Breakthrough strategy session" in the subject area.

Someone will contact you to set up your session with me.

(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 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

How to Write a Winning Nursing Scholarship Essay

Prepare a clear outline for your essay. *Nursing scholarship programs are looking for essays that present a clear thought pattern. You can make sure that your scholarship essay is presented in a clear manner by creating a simple outline. Your outline should include three main parts, the introduction, body and conclusion.

The introduction should capture your readers’ attention and introduce the main points you will discuss in your essay. The body of your essay should be broken out into several paragraphs that present the main points of the essay. The main points should be supported with facts, thoughts, ideas, quotes and other material which will hold your readers’ interest. The conclusion of your essay should restate the main idea of your essay. It is also effective to refer to the future in the conclusion of a scholarship essay. You can do this by discussing your future career goals in the nursing field, or by stating a specific aspiration which you hope to achieve during your nursing career.

Use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation. It is always important to use proper grammar, spelling and punctuation in writing a scholarship essay. Although the nursing profession may not require you to study grammar and spelling, it is essential that you avoid any simple errors in your essay. Ensuring that your essay is free of mistakes will make you look professional and leave a positive impression on the judges.

Write in response to the scholarship requirements and purpose. Be sure that your essay responds to the scholarship requirements. Some scholarships may require that you intend to practice in a certain field of nursing, that you work in a certain area, or that you attend a certain nursing program or school. Your essay should clearly identify how you meet these requirements.

Do as much research as you can about the scholarship program and the organization that is offering the scholarship. Organizations typically give away scholarships to promote certain interests or purposes. Make sure that you highlight the ways in which your career goals will fit with the scholarship program’s purpose.

Answer any questions thoroughly. If the scholarship program has requested that your essay address certain questions, make sure you answer these questions clearly and thoroughly. This is often an easy way to for judges to weed out applications that don’t fit the award criteria. Your essay must respond to any questions which are asked, or it is likely that it will not be given consideration.

Be original. Your essay will be among hundreds or even thousands of others, all from other nursing students who have the desire and ability to succeed in the nursing profession. If your essay does not stand out, it will be overlooked. To be original, you can either find a unique essay topic, or you can write about an ordinary topic and approach it in an original way. When you are trying to come up with original ideas for your essay, think about your own unique personality and experiences. What is it that made you decide to enter the field of nursing? What life experiences will you contribute to the nursing field? Spend some time thinking about what makes you unique as a nursing student and future nurse. This will help you to think of an original topic or approach.

Be cautious when recycling essays. In your scholarship application process, it is likely that you will be able to use parts and pieces of essays for more than one scholarship application. However, you should not merely write one or two general essays and send them out with every scholarship application. Remember, the judges who choose the scholarship winners are looking for an essay that is original and responds to the purpose and goals of the scholarship program. If you tailor each of your essays to the particular nursing scholarship you are applying for, you will have a much greater likelihood of success.

Get a second (or even third or fourth) opinion. After you have finished writing your essay, be sure to review it with at least one more person. You can ask your friends, family members, teachers, or professors to be your editors. When others review your essay, they can find errors and suggest possible improvements. You should review your essay with at least one other person, but it is even better if you can find three or more people to review your essay.

Follow these guidelines, and you will be able to write an original, professional and effective essay that gives you an edge over the competition.

Resource:
Improve Your Nursing Essay at EssayEdge.com : EssayEdge provides industry-leading nursing essay prep services and named "the world's premier application essay editing service" by the New York Times Learning Network and "one of the best essay services on the Internet" by the Washington Post.

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

8-19-2010

ONS Foundation Ethnic Minority Bachelor's Scholarship

Three scholarships available to *Registered nurses with a demonstrated interest in Oncology Nursing. Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at an NLN-accredited school,and must currently hold a license to practice as a registered nurse. Must be minority student who has not received any BA grants previously from *Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation

One-time award of $2000.

Academic/Career Areas: *Nursing.

Award Scholarship for use in freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior years; not renewable.

Number: 3. Amount: $2000.

Eligibility Requirements Applicant must be American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black (non-Hispanic), or Hispanic and enrolled or expecting to enroll full or part-time at a four-year institution or university. Applicant or parent of applicant must have employment or volunteer experience in designated career field. Available to U.S. citizens.

Application Requirements: Application, transcript.

Application Fee: $5.00

Deadline: February 1.

CONTACT:

Bonny Revo, Executive Assistant
*Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
Phone: 412-859-6100
Fax: 412-859-6163
E-mail: brevo@ons.org
Web: http://www.ons.org

p.s. If you need help in your scholarship search, please 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

(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.

Five Reasons to File Your FAFSA

Submitting your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) can be a complicated process. From digging through information on your family’s assets to decoding income tax forms, filling out the *FAFSA is a hassle, so why bother? Here are five reasons why it’s worth it.

1. Federal Aid

Do you want some of the more than $80 billion the federal government provides in grants, loans and work-study programs every year? Federal Student Aid programs are the largest source of student aid in the United States. The only way to be considered for *Pell Grants, *Perkins Loans, *Stafford Loans and more is by submitting your *FAFSA.

2. State Aid

Your *FAFSA also puts you in consideration for state financial aid programs. Eligibility and deadline dates for these programs differ by state, but they all have one thing in common—they require the *FAFSA. Learn more about the financial aid your state offers its residents at your state’s higher education agency.

3. School Aid

Colleges and private scholarship sponsors offer billions of dollars in financial aid. Even if you don’t have a high level of financial need, you may be eligible for these awards. Most colleges and many private scholarship sponsors require students to submit their *FAFSA to be considered for financial aid. Some school and private scholarship programs are specifically designed for students who were rejected for federal financial aid, so even if you don’t think you’ll qualify for federal aid, it’s a smart move to submit your FAFSA.

4. It’s Free

A completed *FAFSA will put you in consideration for federal, state, college and private scholarships and it’s completely free. The only thing you’ll spend completing your *FAFSA is a few minutes of your time, and you could get thousands of dollars of financial aid in return.

5. Getting Help is Easy and Free

Not only is submitting your *FAFSA free, but it may be easier to complete than you realize. Don’t know how to figure out your parents’ net worth? Don’t worry. When you complete your *FAFSA online help is built into the system, so you won’t get bogged down by the form’s confusing financial jargon. You can still submit your questions online at the *FAFSA Web site if you choose to fill out the paper form, or you can call the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-4-FED-AID (1-800-433-3243).

Many high schools and colleges offer help with *FAFSA Day, an event usually in February. If your school doesn’t host a *FAFSA Day, check with other schools in your area to see if you can attend their *FAFSA Day.

Federal, state and private financial aid can be within your reach when you submit your *FAFSA, so what are you waiting for? *FAFSA forms become available on or before January 1st each year. Submit your *FAFSA as soon after January 1st to have the best shot at financial aid.

Don’t just send in your *FAFSA and expect the money to start rolling in. Many financial aid programs require additional forms besides the *FAFSA, so check the requirements for state, school and private awards to make sure your application is complete. http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

SCHOLARSHIP OF THE DAY

8-17-2010

Taylor Michaels Scholarship Fund

Scholarship to provide support for deserving minority high school students who exemplify a strong potential for academic achievement but face social-economic conditions that hinder them from reaching their full potential. Must have strong community service involvement.

Must be a resident of : Atlanta, GA; Cleveland, OH; Detroit, MI; Houston, TX; Los Angeles, CA; or New York, NY.

Award Scholarship for use in freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior years; renewable.

Amount: $1000-$5000.

Eligibility Requirements : Applicant must be American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black (non-Hispanic), or Hispanic; high school student; planning to enroll or expecting to enroll full-time at a four-year institution or university and resident of California, Georgia, Michigan, New York, Ohio, or Texas. Applicant must have 2.5 GPA or higher. Available to U.S. citizens.

Application Requirements : application, essay, references, transcript. Deadline: February 5.

Contact:

Taylor Michaels Scholarship Fund
Magic Johnson Foundation Inc.
9100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, East Tower
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: 310-246-4400
Web: http://www.magicjohnson.org

http://www.studentedge.com/scholarshipsearch/programvc.aspx?1=1&sponsor=16519&level=u&region=s&volume=s

p.s. If you need more information on your scholarship search, contact S.E.A. c/o Norris Coleman @ mr.nncoleman@yahoo.com

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