Scholarships can be merit aid awarded to students based on a variety of criteria - academic, athletic, special talents or interests, for example.
Scholarships can also be need-based (i.e. awarded based on the student/family financial situation).
There are thousands of scholarships offered by colleges, employers, individuals, private companies, professional organizations, religious groups, and nonprofit organizations, to name a few.
Check with the financial aid office of colleges to which you apply to find out what they offer.
Find out if your or your parents' employers offer scholarships.
Then try other scholarship search tools:
Students earn entries in monthly drawings for $500 and $40,000 scholarships by completing steps to plan for life after high school. Every month, BigFuture will award hundreds of $500 scholarships and two $40,000 scholarships until February of a student's senior year. The scholarships awarded by BigFuture can be used at two and four year institutions. For more details click here.
(These awards for Arizona schools require applications.)
This is a competitive scholarship application process for high achieving students who wish to attend one of Arizona's state universities.
Eligibility:
To be awarded the Flinn Scholarship, an applicant must:
Be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder) by time of entry to the university;
Be an Arizona resident for two full years immediately preceding entry to the university.
As a general rule, Flinn Scholarship applicants should:
Participate and demonstrate leadership in a variety of extracurricular activities;
Attain at least a 3.5 grade-point average (unweighted);
Rank in the top 5 percent of their graduating class (if the school reports class rank);
Flinn Scholarship applicants must submit SAT or ACT scores, but there is no minimum score needed to apply.
This program provides personal financial training and requires students to save $500 over 6 months to be eligible for a $4000 match to their savings. The program is available to incoming freshmen at Pima Community College. It is renewable for four years and available to students who transfer from Pima to a state university.