College Help
Practice Testing & Test Prep
Tips for locating and applying to scholarships:
- Start early
- Make a list of options you want to explore
- If you’re overwhelmed, try narrowing down your search by state, major, program, sports, activities, etc
- Create a deadline calendar
- Inquire about scholarship opportunities; reach out to your guidance counselor or workplace, and the financial aid departments of schools to which you are applying
- Read all eligibility information and application requirements carefully
- Check back for old scholarships—they may reopen
- Save school essays—they may be reworked into application essays
- Never pay to apply to a scholarship
- Remember to follow through!
College Admissions, Financial Aid, and Vocational Info
Get big-picture information about college admissions and financial aid with these resources
| BigFuture (College Board) | This free resource, created by College Board, offers information on finding a college, financing one’s education, and exploring careers. Most of the website can be accessed without creating a personal account, although some tools require that users set up a login. |
| Collegewise | The Newton location offers counselors to help guide you to a more successful college admissions process, including essay help. |
| FAFSA | Even if you don’t think you’ll qualify, you should always submit the free application for Federal Student Aid. Billion of dollars are given out each year in loans, grants, and work-study funds. |
| Massachusetts Department of Higher Education: Office of Student Financial Assistance | Listings of state financial aid programs including grants, scholarships, tuition waivers, loans, and tuition reimbursements. |
| Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority | Some great tips and timelines on applying, planning, saving, and paying for college. |
| U.S. Department of Education | Learn more about how grants, work-study, loans, and scholarships can help fund your education |
| Vocations and Career Collection Database | This database provides access to journals and magazines that aid users in researching a vocation, finding an appropriate institution of learning, job-searching, and maintaining a career. |
Scholarship Databases
These databases compile scholarship and financial aid information so that it is searchable and easy to act on
List of Scholarships
Check out the provided links for the most up-to-date information on available funds
| Name | Funds Available | |
| Amazon Future Engineers | Up to $40,000 | |
| Because College is Expensive Scholarship | $500 | |
| Blacks at Microsoft (BAM) Scholarship | Variable | |
| Burger King Scholars Program | Variable | |
| Chick-fil-A Community Scholars | $25,000 | |
| Courage to Grow | $1,000 | |
| Dell Scholars Program | $20,000 (as well as tech and other benefits) | |
| Digital Responsibility Scholarships | $1,000 | |
| Doodle for Google | $10,000 | |
| Fund for Education Abroad | Up to $5,000 | |
| General Federation of Women’s Clubs | Variable | |
| Global Perspectives Scholarship | $1,000 | |
| Government Finance Officers Association Scholarships | Variable | |
| Leon M. Poe Scholarship – promotes inclusion of college minority students majoring in STEM | Variable | |
| Massachusetts Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) | Variable | |
| SmarterCollege Scholarship | $2,000 | |
| Taco Bell Live Más Scholarship | $25,000 | |
| Too Cool to Pay for School Scholarship | $1,000 | |
| The Voyager Scholarship | Up to $50,000 | |
| Wheaton Refugee Scholarship All Wheaton scholarships | Variable |