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Title: Athlete's Think Scholarships
Author: Ray Lauenstein
There is dual meaning to the above headline. Before there can be any thoughts of $cholarships, you need to be a scholar and hit the books.
If you are interested in playing Div. 1, 2 or 3, Junior College or NAIA, each division and school has a set of academic standards and test scores you must achieve. Freshman and sophomores must do well today. You cannot make up for lost ground in your last two years.
The odds say most of you will not receive athletic scholarship money. No worries! With good grades you can apply for hundreds of scholarships. The catch is you have to go hunt them down. Seniors start looking and applying immediately. Juniors should look now also to avoid the rush of applying to schools and looking for scholarships at the same time.
How do I find these sources?
1. Surf the Internet. Specifically, check out these sources:
www.studentservices.com/fastweb/
www.absolutelyscholarships.com
2. Meet with your guidance counselor and use his/her scholarship resources and tell them to keep you updated on new listings.
3. Get the following books at the library or store: Arco’s College Financial Aid; The Scholarship Book 5th Edition or above by Daniel Cassidy; The Higher Education $ Book for Minorities and Women, Young, Matthews and Cox Publishers; Cash for College- The ultimate guide to college scholarships, by Cynthia Riuz McKee. Thousands of scholarships are listed by category. It’s amazing that 2.7 Billion in funds went undistributed in 1992. The money is there. Find it!
4. Your parents: Employers often have scholarship programs for employee’s children. So do service groups such as Rotary, Knights of Columbus and Kiwanis.
5. Your School- most high schools award scholarships to graduating seniors. You must apply for these in most cases. Again ask your counselor.
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