Unclaimed Scholarship Money is Available

How much scholarship money is unclaimed?

The amount of scholarships available each year totals in the excess of 1 billion dollars. Some of those funds are unclaimed because of students who don’t think they can receive it. One thing I found out is that the equation for the FaFsa changes every year. For the most part it makes it not as hard for students who couldn’t previously receive a Pell Grant, to receive a Pell Grant.

Who can get scholarships?

At times this can be a controversial topic. The students who search and put in the work are the ones who can get scholarships. The controversy occurs because upper class students and middle to lower class students all receive a significant amount of scholarships and financial aid. Bottom line is everyone is in denial and buying into this false belief that only the upper class get scholarships or middle class or lower class and so on. The fact of the matter is that middle to upper class households have the technology ie: web, and computers which gives them access to these scholarship searches, resources and applications.

As far as the FAFSA goes, there’s something we may seldom figure out about the FAFSA equation. there’s kids in college driving new ford explorers and F150s and still getting a Pell Grant. Also the FAFSA is the first thing you should fill out when looking for unclaimed scholarships. Then you can use a good scholarship search and additional scholarship books. The most overlooked resource is the Financial Aid office. This is where you will find so many free scholarship and financial aid opportunities. Some of the opportunities include but is not limited to the following: internships, fellowships, minority scholarships, scholarship provided by your college, community service scholarships, mentor programs etc. I went to college for free and so can you!