Scholarship Tips and Hacks:

• ❌ You should NEVER be required to pay a fee when applying for a scholarship or using a search engine to find them!

• 📩 Set up a separate email account for scholarships - this will help you stay organized in your scholarship search and keep your everyday email uncluttered.

• ♻️ SAVE and RECYCLE your essays! Most scholarship applications will ask a few questions about you and your high school career and will probably want you to write a short essay or two. Less than an hour of work could get you $1,000! Regardless of what career you pursue, this is probably the only time in your life that you’ll manage to make $1,000 per hour.

• 📓 Use a spreadsheet or a notebook to keep track of scholarships you are applying for. Click the link download your editable copy of the College App and Scholarship Tracker

• 📝 A NOTE ABOUT A.I. and Scholarship/College Essays - While there is not a standard practice and mixed opinions about the use of A.I., below are a few perspectives about using A.I. for scholarship applications you will find useful in navigating A.I. as a tool.

  • • A.I. and Scholarship Applications from University of Colorado Boulder

    • Four Reasons You Shouldn't Use ChatGPT to Write a Scholarship Essay, ovcscholarshipnetworks.com

    • How to Effectively Use AI to Write Scholarship Essays, Sallie.com