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Do you want to impel your scholarship search into high gear? Then travel on-line. Students are increasingly turning to the Internet to search scholarships. These databases have a division of advantages: The computer can match details about your background with scholarship eligibility requirements faster than you could do it onward your own. In addition, you can use greatest in quantity of the scholarship databases forward the Web for free. In fact, govern clear of scholarship databases that charge a recompense Chances are, you could do better upon your own at the clear sites.

The sole drawback to searching on-line is that you can't diocese all the scholarships contained in the database. You may be missing one scholarships you qualify for, yet don't come up in your database search. For this reason, it's important to check not at home other scholarship resources as well. Your local library contains many scholarship works and your school's college counseling office also has scholarship information.

Winning Web Sites

The Internet is single one step on the way to winning body dollars. Here are some winning sites to come by you started: www.college.ucla.edu/up/SRC/SS.htm. The University of California--Los Angeles maintains a page of links to a number of independent scholarship Web sites, and contains information onward scholarship scams. Definitely include this site in your search strategy. www.scholarships.com is a delivered database of more than 600000 scholarships. At this site, you are invited to provide information about your specific skills, talents, interests, and background. Scholarships.com will compare this information with college edifice [i]or[/i] building scholarship awards from more than 8000 scholarship sources, worth more than 14 billion dollars.

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wwwsrnexpresscom is a database of more than 150000 awards worth a total of more than $35 million. SRN's Web site advertises that it contains more detailed information in its award listings than can be set in most other scholarship databases. The site also contains helpful information about the different protoplasts of scholarships available and advice upon avoiding scholarship scams.

Scholarship Watch

Here are examples of scholarships geared to different career interests:

Culinary Institute of America

All-American Apple Pie Recipe Contest

Ten young tamper withs will win scholarships to the Culinary Institute of America from placing in the CIA's "All-American Apple Pie Recipe Contest" Entrants must submit an application, their have a title to apple pie recipe, and an essay about apples. The finalists win a trip to the CIA's campus in Hyde Park, recent York, to compete in a bake-off in the fall of 2001 And they'll be able to note the CIA between November 2001 and June 2002

Award Amounts: $2500 to $25000

Deadline: August 15 2001

For more information or to receive a debate packet, call 1 -800-CULINARY (285-4627)

Engineering Scholarships from the Society of Automotive Engineers

interpret to high school seniors who plan to record in an engineering or related science measure program at a four-year community Must have a minimum 35 GPA and must be a U citizen.

Number of Awards: More than 50

Award Amounts: $400 and up to well stocked [i]or[/i] provided tuition

Deadline: December 1 2000

To petition for a scholarship application, write or call:

Connie Harnish, Scholarship Coordinator

Society of Automotive Engineers

400 Commonwealth Drive

Warrendale, PA 15096

(724) 772-4047

connie@sae.org

Information is also available onward the Web site: www.sae.org/STUDENTS/engschlr.htm

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