I know thats how the top in my class got most of her scholarships.  Also, she made it a big deal to do so many apps a week- which in the end worked out for her.  She ended up getting up to about $300,000 in scholarships, in which she had to turn down over half of them due to them being in a certain school, program, and/or state.  I thought I had applied to a lot myself, but I also realized that the more you do, the better. I personally applied to about 50 different ones... and received 5 of them totaling $5,000.  

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However, I applied to schools anyway and got a $30,000 grant from my college. Granted, that still leaves more than my family's yearly income to pay for the rest, but just see what your colleges give you.

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Go into the military man, after 4 years you have a chance to goto college and they pay for your college tuition.

That's what im doing. I'm not quite as smart as you are, but I'm sure i'll get accepted somewhere.

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Plus, if you go into the military already with a degree, then you're fully capable of making Officer right after Basic training, or if you're able to take ROTC courses while enrolled somewhere, then you'd definitely be able to make it through.

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"How incitful of you, dwarf. Though I can't speak for fenrir,
I beleive that he too has a certain degree of sarcasm
and humor in his posts." - Prince o palities

Because I still needed help for my tuition and living at my school, even though FAFSA helped a little bit, my grandmother decided to help me with it.  Really nice, eh?  But this last year, she told me she couldn't help me (due to several reasons) and so I couldn't blame her for it.  BUT WHAT'S REALLY SCREWED UP is because she helped pay my tuition, it really screwed up my financial aid for good.  This next year I only get half of what FAFSA gave me last year, I think I may have lost an opportunity at getting part of my tuition paid by scholarship, and they won't even consider what my parents' income is (which is literally $35G lately).  All this because my grandma helped me out.  I think that's bullshit!  Right now, I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to be able to work, practically, full time and still be able to stay at this school.  I LOVE this school too much to let financial aid screw e out of going. And not to mention I'm entering my third year and dont want to think I wasted my last 2 years going.

So remember, either don't let your family members pay for you tuition or figure something out where it won't dramatically decrease your financial aid in the future.

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When I first went to college, my parents made too much to get any goverment loans, they had to get private loans.  Now that I'm on my own and going back to college, I can claim myself, but I still only have half of my tuition paid for by loans.  Luckily, my job pays me back for school, so that's a HUGE help.

Academics are more for enrolling in the college you want to attend and get accepted.  Colleges look at that more than anything.

Scholarships are usually just the luck of the draw, you can do everything that you've done and still not get any.

My sister did great in high school and participated in a lot of things.  She got into Baylor but didn't get any scholarships.  Once again, my parents took out loans to pay for it.  She did pretty good in college, and now she's off to med school.  This time its her turn to get the loans, and no scholarships again.

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Paint youself black.

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