Scholarships 101 : the real-world guide to getting cash for college /

Free money is not just for straight-A students and athletes anymore. This streetwise guide helps every student get the funds needed for college.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stezala, Kimberly
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : American Management Association, ©2008.
Temas:
Scholarships > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Admission.
Universités > États-Unis > Admission.
STUDY AIDS > Financial Aid.
Scholarships
Universities and colleges > Admission
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Meet your new neighbor
  • The scholarship lady
  • Recipe for success
  • Neighborly advice from your instructor
  • 2. Invest in the best, you!
  • Leave luck in the dust
  • Your past and present
  • Team of champions
  • Your future
  • 3. Follow your dreams, and others will too!
  • Document your dream
  • Achieve your dream
  • Bull's eye
  • Whose dream is it?
  • 4. College prep
  • Traditional college-prep experiences
  • Alternative college-prep experiences
  • 5. Behind the scenes
  • Reality check
  • Your plan
  • Your world headquarters
  • Your team and its role
  • Final plan
  • 6. Load up your backpack
  • Scholarship worksheet brainstorming
  • Scholarship worksheet format
  • Scholarship worksheet review
  • Your scholarship résumé
  • 7. The search is on
  • Getting started
  • Breaking it down
  • 8. Apply now!
  • Fund-raising 101
  • Assessment 101
  • Marketing 101
  • Applications 101
  • Recommendations 101
  • Essays 101
  • Persistence 101
  • 9. The next round
  • You are a finalist
  • Interviewing 101
  • Lucky you
  • 10. Techno tools and traps
  • Phone
  • E-mail
  • Networking and sharing
  • Blogs
  • Search engines
  • Scholarship databases
  • Electronic applications
  • 11. The buck stops here ... and here ... and here
  • Scholarship award announcement
  • Verification and terms
  • Thank you
  • Recognition
  • Your high school
  • Your college
  • College A
  • College B
  • The Bursar
  • Keeping the money flowing
  • Negotiation 101
  • 12. Scholarship service projects
  • Scholarship special event
  • Scholarship clinic
  • Scholarship information source
  • Event, clinic, or source?
  • 13. College and beyond
  • Department scholarships
  • Invest in yourself, again!
  • 14. Scholarship success boot camp
  • You are in charge
  • The commitment
  • Boot camp prerequisites
  • Boot camp in six steps
  • Meet me after class, and bring a friend
  • Share your story
  • Don't stress
  • What only you can do
  • Appendix A. Helpful Websites
  • Appendix B. State higher-education agencies
  • Appendix C. Glossary.

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