College Exploration

Scholarship Search

Read this article on types of financial aid: https://www.shmoop.com/college/grants-

loans-scholarships.html
In 3-5 sentences, what is the difference between a loan, grant, and a scholarship?
Loans are amounts of money that can help you pay for your school career, however,
you need to pay that amount money back. A scholarship is when a person or
organization pays for part of, or your entire, collage career. A grant is an amount of
money, usually from the government, that can go to you or can go to aid the cost of
your tuition.

Watch this clip on scholarships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7zqiCrfiUE

Scholarship Safety: https://www.safety.com/scholarship-safety/

Read over this article, then describe 5 ways you would check to make sure a
scholarship is not a scam:

1. By using the resources at the school’s financial aid office

2. Make sure you’ve researched the scholarship thoroughly

3. If the scholarship asks for money to cover any costs associated, it’s not

legitimate

4. If a scholarship is “guaranteed” it’s probably not real

5. If a scholarship is a “contest” that you haven’t entered, or doesn’t have clearly set

guidelines, it’s most likely not real

SCHOLARSHIP BRAINSTORM LIST
Go to www.collegeboard.org
Under “College Planning” select “Scholarship Search”
Under “Welcome to the College Board's Scholarship Search!” click “START”
- Answer as many questions about yourself as relevant

What are 3 scholarships that popped up that could fit your interests? Include the name
of each scholarship below, a brief description of what you would have to do to apply,
and the deadline:

Name of scholarship Requirements Deadline

“$1,000 A Portrait of You” U.S. Citizen 5/31
Monthly Scholarship Permanent resident
Age 13 to 100
Any high school student

123Writings Scholarship Essay 8/20

Writing Contest Like 123Writings on
Facebook or follow on
Twitter (in a world where I
had either of those, I guess
I would be applying for
this)
Share the post about
writing contest
Choose the topic from the
list on official website
Send your completed
essay to
Writingcontest@123writing
.com
Eligible applicants are
ready for essay writing as
a competition
Because College is High school junior 6/30
Expensive Scholarship High school senior 12/31
Now, on the right side of the page, use the “Search” function to look for more specific
scholarships (ex/ Film).

Provide the information for 3 more scholarships of interest:

Name of scholarship Requirements Deadline

Princess Grace Award For U.S. citizen 6/1
Film Permanent resident
(Major career interest)
Film/video

Carole Fielding Video (Major career interest) 12/15

Grant Film/video

Hedy Lamarr Achievement U.S. citizen 2/18

Award for Emerging (Major career interest)
Leaders in Entertainment Film/video
Technology Theater/production/technic
al
Technology
Radio/television/film
Theater arts