What is Scholarship?

Scholarship is an award that does not usually have to be paid back. A scholarship is usually awarded to students who demonstrate or show promise of high achievement in an area such as academics, athletics, music, art or other disciplines

How to apply?

Most schools have a scholarship for students who obtain height GPA usually above 3.5 and student who have lots of activates. Go to the school website and look under financial aid and scholarship section.

How to get involved on the activities?

Students who wants to accumulate community service hours to be considered for scholarship can work various volunteer jobs during their summer break. Those volunteer services can be given to any community services e.g. Dallas Arboretum, hospitals etc.

Some scholarship Sites.

http://www.beanactuary.org/minority/scholarship.cfm Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Students

 http://www.back2college.com/ Aid & Resources For Re-Entry Students

http://www.aynrand.org/contests/ Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships 

 http://www.baeo.org/options/privatelyfinanced.jsp Black Alliance for Educational Options Scholarships

http://www.boeing.com/educationrelations/scholarships/ Boeing Scholarships (some HBCU connects)

 http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org Brand Essay Competition

http://www.bkscholars.csfa.org/ Burger King Scholarship Program

 http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html College Board Scholarship Search

http://mach25.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/M25/index College Net's Scholarship Database

 http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ FAFSA on the Web (Your Key Aid Form & Info)

http://www.finaid.org/ FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid (scholarships)

 http://www.gmsp.org/nominationmaterials/read.dbm?ID=12 Gates Millennium Scholarships (major)

 http://www.lulac.org/Programs/Scholar.html GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds

 http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=MINORITIES Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide

http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/Guaranteed Scholarships

http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/packard_nomination.html HBCU "Packard" Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world)

http://www.iesabroad.org/info/hbcu.htm Institute for the International Education of Students

 http://holocaust.hklaw.com/   Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships

 http://www.ed.gov/inits/hope/ Hope Scholarships & Lifetime Credits

 http://www.iefa.org/ International Students Scholarships & Aid Help

http://www.jackituckfield.org/ Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship (in South Florida)

http://www.maef.org  Maryland Artists Scholarships

 http://www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships/   Microsoft Scholarship Program

http://www.nabj.org/studentsvcs.html  National Association of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ)

http://www.ncaa.org/about/scholarships.html NCAA Sports Scholarships & Internships

 http://www.nationalservice.org/scholarships/ Presidential Freedom Scholarships

 http://www.rhodesscholar.org/info.html Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford

 http://www.roothbertfund.org/scholarships/scholarships.html  Roothbert Scholarship Fund