| When you decide to go to college out of high school | | | | 2. Know the application process |
| or even if you have been out for quite some time | | | | When you use a college scholarship search website |
| you have some choices to make. One of these | | | | they usually have a drawing or a scholarship that you |
| choices is how you are going to pay for school and | | | | can enter into for free money. This is how you get |
| most have to rack up large debts in student loans to | | | | access to the database and it is almost always free. |
| get an education. However, you can be smarter than | | | | Some of the scholarships will be like this where you |
| that and use the college scholarship search tools that | | | | just enter your name, address, email address, and |
| are out there to find and apply for free money for | | | | phone number into a form and they enter you into a |
| college. Here is what you must know to get | | | | monthly drawing for free college money. Others from |
| scholarships. | | | | the college scholarship search will be more extensive |
| 1. Apply for as many as possible | | | | and may require an essay. |
| Look at it this way, if you were to go play a game in | | | | 3. Use all your resources |
| a Las Vegas casino and you only placed one bet, | | | | You should use each and every resource available to |
| then chances are you will lose. However, if you place | | | | you to find as many scholarships as you can to apply |
| 100 bets, then chances are you will win some of | | | | for. Some of these will be as small as $250 per year, |
| those bets. It is the same with scholarships only | | | | but some might be much larger. Still if you use all |
| when you don't get one you don't lose money like | | | | your resources and you find 100 scholarships to apply |
| you would with gambling. The more you apply for | | | | for, then you are awarded 5 of them for $250 each |
| the better chances you are going to be awarded | | | | you have a free $1,250 a year that will help you out. |
| free money to help you with your tuition, fees, | | | | This is better than nothing and in most cases these |
| housing, and other expenses. | | | | scholarships will be larger than this amount. |