With the due date for college applications around the corner, students may be looking into ways to support their college journey. Financial aid is often hard to get, selected by demonstration of need, but for students who could use the extra cash, scholarships are the perfect remedy.
As November ends, most scholarship sites like the Public Education Foundation, are pushing out easy scholarships to encourage students.
“I have applied to all of the no essay fan scholarships I could find, the available PEF scholarships and a few essay ones that fit the essays I have done already for application,” said Hannah Williams, a senior.
The PEF doesn’t only help students reach out to their desired colleges. It allows users to discover the requirements for each school, and view statistics of student life that may be important towards the decision process.
Now, as most schools accept The Common App, an application site that accepts all of a user’s academic information that is shared to colleges nationwide, scholarships are even easier to display.
“They really slow it down honestly, I really need the scholarships but the time it takes to write most of them is a lot,” commented Williams. “I’m also applying to honors colleges so it’s just writing on writing but it causes me to delay some applications due to time.”
Scholarships aren’t always easy to come by. They often have restrictions for who can apply, and how the submission has to look in order to be accepted and possibly win money.
High school seniors in the Clark County School District are heavily encouraged to apply to the Public Education Foundation, as their scholarships cover increasingly broad topics and welcome all kinds of groups.
“It’s really easy like step by step to apply but it’s just the energy it takes and the time needed to curate something that fits the super specific prompts offered,” said Williams. “Thankfully I’ve found a ton that match prompt wise but yeah it’s easy but so time consuming.”
The PEF provides documentation to see which CCSD high school has the most students apply for their scholarships. Last year, Shadow Ridge had the highest number of students apply. This year alone, Shadow dominated with an overwhelming 227 applications compared to the average 19.
Mrs. Murray in the Corner, said, “Depending on a student’s career path, they may need a college education to pursue that career. If so, students need to make an educated decision when deciding what colleges to apply to. It is so important to find a school that is your right fit regarding: cost, size, location, programs of study, etc.”
