text: Search through any of the many online scholarship search engines for scholarships.  You can also contact the school that you're interested in attending (or check their website) to determine if they have any institutional funding to give their students.  Some awards or this ilk are based on merit while others are based on need.\n\nApply for as many you can, even if it seems small -- $500 here and there can really add up.  Search for scholarships at unique smaller organizations that might cater to something you're good at that it's necessarily solely academic.  For example, if you're an excellent bowler, look at any websites for bowling associations or clubs and see if they offer scholarships.  Chruches, libraries, and high schools (even if you no longer go to one) also receive hoardes of information on these sorts of things, so you might do well to look there.\n\nSome search engines to try:\n\n* http://www.fastweb.com/\n* http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\n* http://www.scholarships101.com/\n* http://www.srnexpress.com/\n* http://www.scholarships.com/\n* http://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\n* http://www.finaid.org/scholarships\n* http://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp