| Description |
1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Free money is not just for straight-A students and athletes anymore. This streetwise guide helps every student get the funds needed for college |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Scholarships -- United States.
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Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission
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STUDY AIDS -- Financial Aid.
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Scholarships
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Universities and colleges -- Admission
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814412916 |
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0814412912 |
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9780814409817 |
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0814409814 |
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1281757926 |
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9781281757920 |
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9786611757922 |
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6611757929 |
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