Education expenses are at an all time high and will keep on increasing

Education expenses are at an all time high and will keep on increasing. Paying college fees becomes a financial burden on students and their parents. Even if you do have a college fund it is still not enough to pay for the expenses. That should not be a reason for any student not to go to college. There are student loans which anyone can get and you don't need to pay it back until you graduate. So many students opt for student loans to pay for college. But remember you need to pay back the student loan and that to with interest. That is why you should apply for scholarships. If you are awarded the scholarships you do not need to pay it back. Its free money!
There are many different scholarships awarded to deserving and needy students. The scholarships can be for any amount. It can be as low as $500 and even up to the entire expense of your college tuition fees. If you think that the scholarships are awarded only to brilliant students academically or those who are good in sports then you are wrong! You don't have to be an aspiring rocket scientist or a high school star football or basket ball player to get scholarships.
There are thousands of scholarships which are awarded to other students. It's just that students are not aware of them or they are not applying for these scholarships because they assume that there might be others better than them who are applying for it. What they don't know is that each year hundreds of thousands of dollars of scholarships money go in waste only because nobody applied for it.
An excellent GPA is not the only criteria for getting scholarships. There are minority scholarships, scholarships for women, scholarships for students who just wish to pursue certain careers like nurses, math and other such fields. There are not many people in this field, so universities, organizations, corporations and even government are willing to fund students who wish to get into these fields.
The only way you can get scholarships is by applying. If you apply then you may or may not get it. But if you don't apply you will surely not get it. There is a famous quote 'try try till you succeed'. So apply for all the scholarships you qualify. It does not matter even if the brightest student from your class applies for it too!
James Scholaris
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