The good news is that there are billions of scholarship dollars out there to help you fund college. The bad news is that a lot of shady scholarship offers are designed to take your money, not help you pay for school. Below are ten common signs that a scholarship isn't legitimate.
1. You Need to Pay to Apply
2. You Need to Buy Something to Be Considered
3. You Need to Attend a Seminar to Be Considerd
4. You Won Something You Didn’t Apply For
5. The Scholarship is “Guaranteed
6. The Organization wants Your Credit Card Information
7. The Application Asked for Bank Account Information
8. “We Do All the Work”
9. The Awarding Company is Untraceable
10. “You Can’t Get This Information Anywhere Else”
These are websites where you can find legitimated scholarship Information:
Cappex.com http://www.cappex.com/
CollegeBoard.org https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/scholarship-search
FastWeb http://www.fastweb.com/
Scholarships.com - https://www.scholarships.com/
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