Many people think that scholarships are for high schoolers trying to finance their college career. However, many college students don’t know that you can still apply for scholarships and grants while in college! 

Do you know the difference between scholarships and grants? Grants are free money given by organizations or families; usually they target a specific demographic. Want free money? Write down all the different demographic groups that you fall in (really think outside the box for this one) and do some research. There may be grants out there just waiting for you to claim them. Scholarships, on the other hand, are usually based on merit or a contest of some sort. Often, but not always they involve essays, so channel your inner author and go to town! 

As a side note, I would be careful with scholarships that simply require you to enter into a contest. Often, you never hear back from them (or you do, but with spam mail) and now some random company out there has all of your information.

Sites that are actually great for finding financial help in college:

*Can’t stop, won’t stop. Gotta make those loans drop!*

No? Too far? Okay, moving on.

For more info about these sites and more, check out this article from USA Today’s article, The 10 best sites to look for scholarships: http://usat.ly/1fSwUhb.

Do you have helpful grant and scholarship resources? Share them with us below! 

Keep growing. 

-College Cents