The essay is your opportunity to separate yourself from the rest of the applicant pool. Write about what makes you different from other applicants and make sure to have someone review your essay before you submit it. Bonus Craft a well written essay - it’s likely that you’ll be able to use it for multiple scholarship applications. – There may be additional information you need to submit to complete your application. This might include: Student Aid Report (SAR) download from the FAFSA website – Financial aid award letter download from your college website – High school or college transcripts request from your school noting if official or unofficial is required – Letters of recommendation request these at least 3 weeks before your scholarship is due – Trusted* Scholarship Search Sites: College Board http://collegenet.com/elect/app/app College Net http://www.fastweb.com/ FastWeb Peterson's http://www.scholarshipmonkey.com/# Scholarship Monkey https://www.scholarships.com/scholarship-search.aspx Scholarships.com https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/match Scholarship Match *These sites were recommended by US News & World Report as sites that do not sell your information. Local Scholarships with No Income Requirements: Maltz Museum The Singer's Club of Cleveland http://www.singersclub.org/scholarship.html Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarship Spangenberg Law Firm http://www.lgbtcleveland.org/pride-scholarship.html LGBT Community Center of Cleveland ABB, Inc. Engineering Scholarship http://scholarship.leaf-ohio.org/abb-inc-engineering-scholarship/ Nordson Corporation Ratner, Miller, Shafran Foundation See Cleveland Foundation Scholarship page Dedicated Scholarship Sites: All minority students: United Negro College Fund The Jackie Robinson Foundation African American Ron Brown Scholars Program students: Hispanic students: Hispanic Scholarship Fund Native American Assoc. on Amer. Indian students: Affairs American Indian College Fund Foster students: Foster Care to Success UMPS Care Students with Disability.gov disabilities:
The essay is your opportunity to separate yourself from the rest of the applicant pool. Write about what makes you different from other applicants and make sure to have someone review your essay before you submit it. Bonus – Craft a well written essay - it’s likely that you’ll be able to use it for multiple scholarship applications. There may be additional information you need to submit to complete your application. This might include: Student Aid Report (SAR) – download from the FAFSA website Financial aid award letter – download from your college website High school or college transcripts – request from your school noting if official or unofficial is required Letters of recommendation – request these at least 3 weeks before your scholarship is due Trusted* Scholarship Search Sites: College Board College Net http://collegenet.com/elect/app/app FastWeb http://www.fastweb.com/ Peterson's Scholarship Monkey http://www.scholarshipmonkey.com/# Scholarships.com https://www.scholarships.com/scholarship-search.aspx Scholarship Match https://www.unigo.com/scholarships/match *These sites were recommended by US News & World Report as sites that do not sell your information. Local Scholarships with No Income Requirements: Maltz Museum The Singer's Club of Cleveland http://www.singersclub.org/scholarship.html Alpha Kappa Alpha Scholarship Spangenberg Law Firm LGBT Community Center of Cleveland http://www.lgbtcleveland.org/pride-scholarship.html ABB, Inc. Engineering Scholarship http://scholarship.leaf-ohio.org/abb-inc-engineering-scholarship/ Nordson Corporation Ratner, Miller, Shafran Foundation See Cleveland Foundation Scholarship page Dedicated Scholarship Sites: All minority students: United Negro College Fund The Jackie Robinson Foundation African American students: Ron Brown Scholars Program Hispanic students: Hispanic Scholarship Fund Native American students: Assoc. on Amer. Indian Affairs American Indian College Fund Foster students: Foster Care to Success UMPS Care Students with disabilities: Disability.gov
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