National Scholarships

Want to go to college for free?  Well if you live in New Haven, Connecticut that may very well be possible.  City and school officials said that a new program would offer to pay eligible students’ way through any public college or university in Connecticut.

Credit Unions all over the country are offering high school students scholarships.  Because there are hundreds of credit unions and because their guidelines vary from one to the next here are some of the basics.  Most Credit Union Scholarships are for high school seniors with application deadlines in March.  The number and amount of scholarships vary.  In addition, there are other requirements like membership (it's not hard to do, just open an account), most require it, but not all.  Below is a listing of just of few of the credit unions that offer scholarships.

The GEAR UP program provides grants to local governments, some of the funds are also used to provide college scholarships to low-income students.  The program is a Federal discretionary grant program whose purpose is to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education.  GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) serves students beginning no later than the seventh grade and follows them through high school.

This $20,000 four year scholarship is to reward outstanding high school seniors for academic and non-academic achievements.  The applicant must be an African-American high school senior living in Butler or Warren County in Ohio.  The deadline for submission is December 31, 2012.
Click here for the Louie F. Cox Memorial Scholarship application (pdf).