Student story: Applying for scholarships
About this video
A student describes starting her search for financial aid with scholarships. She used quick Google searches for scholarships linked to her interests, applied to as many as was humanly feasible, and won a couple that fill gaps her financial aid doesn't cover.
You'll be able to
- describe a simple strategy for finding scholarships that match my interests.
- explain how scholarships can supplement a financial aid package.
Key words
- financial aid
- Money from a college, government or other source to help pay for college.
- supplement
- To add to something to fill a gap; here, scholarships add to financial aid.
Transcript
- So when looking at financial aid opportunities the first thing I looked at were scholarships. I applied to a lot and basically just did a quick Google search of scholarships that pertained to things that I was interested in. Applied to as many as I could, that was, you know, humanly feasible, and then I actually ended up getting a couple.
Which was nice because it supplements some of the stuff my financial aid doesn't.
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