As a student, I used to wonder why people would say there are scholarships that no one applies to and I would think, "which ones because I have been searching everywhere!" But now that I work in an office that administers a scholarship, I am amazing at the limited number of applications that are submitted. Not only that, but I am shocked at how many forget to follow directions. While scholarships are difficult to find and sometimes have confusing directions, let me help you out with a few. Sea Mar Community Health Centers is currently accepting scholarship applications for their Farm Worker Scholarship. The deadline is coming up quick - Friday, March 25! I am told that there are not that many applications this year which is a shame since this scholarship is awarding $1000 scholarships to high school seniors and college students who were either farm workers or have grown up in a farm worker household. This is open to all students, regardless of legal status and it is also open to students with high and low G.P.A.
If you already heard about the Sea Mar scholarship, head over to theWashBoard.org where they have a large database of scholarships for Washington State students. You create a profile and they will match scholarships to your information.
Recently we learned about the 2011 NCLR Best Buy Emerging Latino Leaders Scholarship Program, which is awarding a $15,000 scholarship! It is a national scholarship so start working on it now since it is going to be very competitive.
So be on the look out for scholarships, follow directions, make sure you answer the questions your essay/personal statement and more importantly TURN IT IN ON TIME :)
Good luck!
LEAP
