Current seniors’ tips for finding and applying for scholarships
Reuse essays from college applications, try to stand out, try to find smaller and local scholarships- Nichole Chambliss (she/her)
If you are writing something for a scholarship, don’t write for the readers – write for yourself. Avery Evans (she/her)
Apply to as many as possible. I applied to 67 scholarships worth over $800,000 in total. There’s no harm in applying because the worst that can happen is that you don’t get it, and you can find many on scholarship databases – there are both national and local scholarships. Also, get used to rejections. From 67 scholarships, I won 7 scholarships equating to around $54,000. – Pinyu Liao (she/her)
There aren’t very many of them. Give up hope. – Christopher McQueen (he/him)
Apply to a bunch, and then hope and see what you get. It’s definitely a waiting process. – Emilyn Smith (she/her)
It’s very good to look at ones that are unique and apply to you, because you have a better shot at getting them. Apply to as many as you can. – Sam Best (he/him)
Do it really early and apply to as much as possible. – Lain Harold Rufo (she/they):
I used washboard.org which connected me with a lot of scholarships. – Alex Song (he/him)
Start as early as possible because the longer you wait, the less opportunities you’ll have. – Mary Poole (she/her):
I think it’s probably best to apply for scholarships while applying to colleges because after I was done applying for colleges, I forgot about applying to scholarships. Take into consideration the Northshore scholarships. – Steven Escobar (he/him)
Find scholarships that are specific to your major and your interests because you’re more likely to get them (in contrast to those larger scholarships which only give aid to very few applicants. Also try a lot of different websites. – Ally Hong (she/her)
Seniors share the amount of money they earned from scholarships
Siqi Li: $150,000
Julia Gonzalez: $144,000
Siddharth Manika: $125,000
Kathryn (Kath) Shelden: $114,000
David Nilsen: $112,000
Sasha Cass: $100,000
Allie Fey: $100,000
Rebecca Stephenson: $90,000
Liana Moldovanu: $82,500
Sophia Rodriguez: $82,000
Sara Lawson: $76,000
Cameron Clark: $70,000
Nolan Stewart: $60,000
Pinyu Liao: $54,500
Laney Brackett: $50,000
Carlos Rubio-Marroquin: $48,000
Wyatt Gilbert: $44,000
Violet Brose: $44,000
Emilyn Smith: $44,000
Don Mo: $40,000
Alivia Chambers: $40,000
Jonathan Chan-Tang: $25,000
Steven Escobar: $25,000
Dylan Magdziarz: $24,000
Dulcy Solomon: $20,000
Isabel Amaya: $20,000
Haley van Meurs: $14,000
Ava Lachmann: $11,000
Justin Chae: $10,000
Alex Song: $8000
Roan Howard: $5000
Ally Hong: $4000
Audrey Gasser: $3500
Alissa Lau: $3000
Ty Dixey: $3000
Maria Sushmitha: $2500
Liam Shalom: $2500
D’ Aire Pham: $2000
Isabelle Garrard: $300
