Advice: College
Get your FAFSA over with ASAP!
“The thing I don’t think people realize is how beneficial it is to get the FAFSA done early. The application goes up January 1st, so just get it done then! My brother turned his FAFSA in late and it severely impacted his financial aid to the point where he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to take a full course load. He didn’t get enough reminders about it, so he didn’t do it on time and now the consequences are devastating for him. There should be some urgency about filing the FAFSA, and then once it’s done, it’s done, and you don’t have to think about it.”
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Scholarships for every student
“A lot of students are afraid to apply for scholarships, or they think that someone else is going to going to win those scholarships, of course, because there’s somebody else better out there. But there are scholarships for every student. I actually ran across a scholarship for the Bruce Lee Foundation this week—it’s all about your knowledge of Bruce Lee! There are some really unique scholarships out there available for students; it’s just a matter of looking for them.”
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Featured: Take the time to find scholarships
“It doesn’t have to take a long time to research scholarships. Take a few hours, do a google search and find two or three scholarships you feel you might be eligible for. I’ve talked to a lot of students who’ve taken the time to do that and it has made a huge difference in their education and where they were able to go to college. With only a couple of hours, you can see the result of a $500 or a $1000 or even larger scholarship, and those can add up very quickly. There’s a lot of scholarship money out there that isn’t even being used because students don’t take the time to do a search or fill out an application. There are many funding opportunities out there if you take the time to search them out.”
