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College Information: Choosing, Applying, Scholarships: Scholarships & Financial Aid

Resources to help choose, apply, & fund college.

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Las Positas College Outside Scholarships
Las Positas College Scholarships Page
BigFuture: Scholarship Finder (College Board)
FinAid: The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid
FinAid: Scholarship Scams
Finding & Applying for Scholarships (U.S. Dept. of Education)
The office of Federal Student Aid provides grants, loans, and work-study funds for college or career school.
Top Five Scholarship Search Engines
"How do the free scholarship search tools compare in their timeliness, privacy settings, and uniqueness?" From U.S. News & World Report, 1/20/11
CareerOneStop: Scholarship Search (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
The 10 Best Sites to Search for Scholarships
From USAToday College, 1/6/16
Millions of Dollars in Scholarships Can Help Community College Students Transfer to Four-Year Schools
From TIME, 9/8/15

California Financial Aid

California Student Aid Commission: Financial Aid Programs
California Student Aid Commission: Money for College
California Student Aid Commission: The Middle Class Scholarship
A program providing undergraduate students with family incomes up to $150,000 and a maximum annual household asset amount of $150,000, a scholarship to attend University of California (UC) or California State University (CSU) campuses.
California Scholarships (MyCollegeOptions)
Search by Location (school), Major, Ethnicity, and Region.
California Scholarships (About.com)
California Scholarships (Scholarships.com)

Social Media

5 Social Media Scholarship Opportunities
From Bankrate.com, posted 10/29/14
Social Media-Related Scholarships
From Fastweb.
Scholarship Applicants, Use Social Media to Your Advantage
From U.S. News & World Report, 6/20/11
Leverage Social Media in Your Scholarship Search
"Join conversations you care about and go beyond Facebook to use social media in finding scholarships." From U.S. News & World Report, 4/4/14
How to Find Scholarships Using Twitter, Facebook and Zinch
From Course-Notes.Org, 2/20/13
10 Twitter Handles to Help With Your Scholarship Search
From U.S. News & World Report, 10/13/11
Want a Scholarship? Better Clean Up Your Facebook and Twitter
From DailyFinance, 5/3/12

High School Students

Raise.me
Helps high school students discover colleges and earn scholarships for their academic and extracurricular achievements throughout high school. Funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Facebook.