Below are our recommendations on how to get free money to go to college. Remember that before you take out any loans and find yourself owing thousands of dollars, you should apply for grants and scholarships first. It is a sad but true statement that many of these grants and scholarships go unused because students fail to apply for them or to send in the application by the deadline.

Don’t let that happen to you! Get organized and make sure that you read the criteria for the scholarship and send in all of the material requested on time. This oftentimes becomes the difference between those students who receive these scholarships and those who don’t. One of the best things about scholarships is that for the most part, they reward the applicants who put forth the most effort. The financial assistance obtainable through scholarships is worth it, even if you don't receive money from each and every scholarship that you apply to every year.

Resources:

• Winning-Scholarship-Essay-Writing [PDF].
• Scholarship Websites [PDF].