Finding Scholarships For You

5 tips to help you start applying and receiving scholarships!

After looking at your bank account after your first tuition payment, you may realize that you will need some help paying for your education. It is not as hard as you may expect to apply and start receiving scholarships that can be of great help to you later down the road. One of the best things you can do is to graduate without any student debt. Although this does take a lot of work, especially if you do not have any financial help from your family, it is a goal that is attainable.

Receiving a scholarship can make a substantial difference on your stress levels, amount of hours you have to work per week, and amount of time you have to put towards studying. Follow these simple steps that will help you find scholarships that you are eligible to apply for:

1. 1. Visit a school profile page on SchoolFinder.com to see what scholarships they offer
   SchoolFinder.com not only lists important information for incoming students, but it also has information that can be useful to current students. Many schools will give out their own scholarships – which you can find on their school profile. This makes it easy for you to see what your school has to offer.
2. 2. Login to ScholarshipsCanada.com and get matched to scholarships that you are eligible to apply for
   Your username and password will work for both SchoolFinder and ScholarshipsCanada. Head over to ScholarshipsCanada to get matched to a list of scholarships that are curated specifically for you.
3. 3. Keep your profile updated
   There are scholarships that you can apply for throughout your educational career. You can even receive scholarships after you have graduated. Keeping your profile updated throughout your years in school means that you will constantly be matched with new scholarships that you can apply for every year.
4. 4. Subscribe to scholarship alerts
   Manage your subscriptions on your ScholarshipsCanada profile and you can subscribe to alerts that remind you of scholarships with deadlines that are approaching. Get your application in before it is too late!
5. 5. Apply, Apply, Apply!
   There are thousands of scholarships available to you every year, now it is up to you to apply.
Modified on August 10, 2016