The Scholarship Big List

Given that I speak to high school students about careers and college every school year, I thought creating a list of individual scholarships and scholarship programs would be a great resource to help find ways to pay for college that is not often told to them by school administrators or hard are to find even on popular scholarship search websites. I wanted to share scholarship resources that I knew about when I was in high school, those that I didn’t know. I wrote another blog post called Winning Scholarships: Tips & Advice, which could help increase your chances of winning some of these scholarships.

Here is a news story done on a student named Kristina Ellis who earned $500,000 worth of scholarships, which helped her attend Vanderbilt University: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/how-i-earned–500-000-in-scholarships-212534881.html

Scholarship Books

  1. The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2017: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes (Ultimate Scholarship Book: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships,)
  2. Kaplan Scholarships 2014 (Kaplan Test Prep)

 

Scholarship Search Sites

  1. Scholarships.com
  2. Fastweb.com
  3. Chegg.com
  4. MyScholly.com
  5. Cappex.com

 

Scholarship Programs

Minority Scholarship Programs

  1. United Negro College Fund (UNCF) – http://www.uncf.org/scholarships
  2. American Indian College Fund (AICF) – http://www.collegefund.org/students_and_alumni/content/scholarships
  3. Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) – http://apiasf.org/scholarships.html
  4. Thurgood Marshall College Fund –  https://tmcf.org/

 

Individual Scholarships

Minority Scholarships

  1. Gates Millenium Scholars Program – http://www.gmsp.org/
  2. Coca-Cola Scholarship – http://www.coca-colascholarsfoundation.org/applicants/
  3. Ron Brown Scholarships – https://www.ronbrown.org/section/apply/program-description
  4. Exxon Mobile Bernard Harris Scholarship – http://www.theharrisfoundation.org/sitecontent/568/exxonmobil-bernard-harris-math-and-science-sc/category/457/education.aspx
  5. Costco Scholarship – http://www.collegesuccessfoundation.org/

Women Scholarhips

  1. The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship – https://www.google.com/anitaborg/

Need-Based Scholarships

  1. Dell Foundation Scholarship – http://www.dellscholars.org/scholarship/

Athletic Scholarships

  1. Wendy’s High School Heisman – https://www.wendyshighschoolheisman.com/about/

STEM Scholarships

  1. Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship – https://smart.asee.org/
  2. Buick Achiever’s Scholarship – http://buickachievers.com/
  3. Intertek Scholarship – http://www.intertek.com/scholarships/ 

 

Employment Scholarships

There are quite a few companies that offer scholarships and tuition reimbursement to their employees. Here are a few:

  1. Publix
  2. Target
  3. Chic-fil-a
  4. Burger King
  5. Starbucks