I don't have a very good grade point average--will I
be able to find any scholarships to pay for school? |
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Approximately 65% of the awards listed in our award
database are "merit-based" and require a fairly
decent high school or college GPA. Several other
awards, however, are awarded based on your hobbies,
your extra-curricular activities, your career plans,
or your family's work experience. You should always
work hard to improve your GPA and test scores to
increase your chances of finding a scholarship, but
having a low GPA does not necessarily preclude you
from getting an award. |
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I don't have very much time to spend on the
Internet--how long will it take me to fill out a
profile on your site? |
Completing the profile process on
ScholarshipExperts.com takes about 10 to 20 minutes. Some students choose to complete the
profile while their parent is with them, so they can
more quickly answer the questions that refer to
parents' jobs, associations and activities, and
income. Likewise, some parents who decide to
complete this profile on behalf of their child
decide that it is more time-efficient to answer the
profile questions with their child in the room.
There are several questions that ask for specific
details--and it is quite important that you answer
correctly and completely to ensure accurate results.
Rest assured, however, that doing the profile in
stages or upon return visits to the site is not a
problem. If you come across a profile question that
you cannot answer without doing some research or
questioning a family member, it is safe to logout
and return to the site once you know the answer. Or,
if you run out of time or get suddenly interrupted,
you can just logoff and return later. ScholarshipExperts.com will store your profile answers until you
return; just login and pick up where you left off
(look for the helpful red "Incomplete" messages in
the Profile Summary indicating any unfinished steps
in the profile). |
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What if my student information changes? Can I update
my profile on your site without creating a whole new
account? |
| Yes,
you can always return to the site and make changes
to your existing account. Whenever your E-Profile
information changes, you should login to the site
and update your profile. Remember, updating your
profile creates new search criteria, so your
scholarship results will probably change once you
return to the E-Organizer. These results will be
new, accurate search results matched to your new,
updated profile. |
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I've never seen a site that makes you move choices
from the top selection box to a bottom box like
yours--why do you do it that way? |
| The
developers and user interface specialists who
created our site decided to use this unique design
to make the profile process easier for our users to
complete. The dual vertical box design allows users
to see the entire width of the choices without
having to scroll from left to right. Additionally,
creating a choice box and allowing users to put
several answers in it with one click reduces the
errors that commonly occur using the traditional
method of multi-select using the Control Key. We are
very pleased to offer this innovative functionality
to our users, and we hope it makes your experience
on our site a good one! |
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I don't see the right answers to some of the
questions in the profile--how should I answer those
questions? |
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you find a question that has no appropriate answers
for your own unique profile, you should use the
"None," "Other," or "Not Applicable" choices. Keep
in mind, though, that choices are added to the
E-Profile daily as we add records to our
ever-expanding award database. When we find
scholarships that require users to belong to certain
clubs, for example, or to certain societies, we add
those choices to the appropriate questions in the
profile. So, be sure to review your profile choices
when you return to the site--especially review the
questions that you have answered as "None," "Other,"
or "Not Applicable." Scroll through those options
each time to see if something that matches your
profile has, in fact, been added. |
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| Award Info |
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What kinds of awards are in your database? |
| The
ScholarshipExperts.com award database is filled with
over 2.4 million awards worth over 14 billion
dollars. The awards range from freshman year awards
to graduate school awards. There are awards for both
U.S. students and international students planning to
study in the USA. We've categorized the awards as
follows: US National Awards, US State Awards, US
Local Awards, US Institutional Awards, International
Global Awards, International Location-specific
Awards, and International Institution-specific
Awards. |
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Where does your scholarship information come from
and how do I know it's current? |
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scholarship information that you see on our site is
housed in our Award Database--a proprietary database
full of records that we have researched and added
ourselves during the current academic year. Our team
of Data Researchers contacts each scholarship
provider to verify award information and details.
They then add the awards to our database and
activate them for viewing on the ScholarshipExperts.com
website. Following this process for research and
data entry, ScholarshipExperts.com has discovered quite
a bit of erroneous scholarship information listed on
the Internet--it is important to us (and should be
to you too!) to ensure that the scholarships posted
on our site are accurate and currently offered.
That's our goal--and so far, we're meeting it by
providing up-to-date and accurate award information
on a daily basis! |
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I'm an international student--do you have
information in your database for me? |
| Yes!
In fact, we have a special unit within our Data
Research team dedicated to finding and researching
awards intended for international students studying
(or planning to study) in the United States. In
order to best use the ScholarshipExperts.com tool to
find scholarships for international students, be
sure to answer the very first question of the
profile correctly--we need to know that you are an
international student from the very start of the
profile in order to properly search our database for
international awards. |
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I am a scholarship provider and want to know if my
scholarship is listed on your site--how can I find
this out? |
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are always happy to hear from scholarship providers
that have awards on our site and from those who
would like to add their awards to our database.
Simply email
info@scholarshipexperts.com
with the word "Provider" somewhere in the subject
line to inquire about your awards, and our Data
Research team will respond as quickly as possible.
Remember to tell us who you are, how to contact you,
and the name of the scholarship program you are
asking about. |
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Why do you show scholarships with deadlines that
have passed? |
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Since there are several scholarship providers who
offer scholarships repeatedly, year after year, with
minimal changes to the requirements and the
application deadlines, we want to make students
aware of these awards, regardless of whether the
deadlines for the current year have passed or not.
We decided to continue showing these awards even
after the passing of the deadline so students would
be aware of the possibility of applying for that
award the following year. |
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Search Technology |
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What makes your search any better than the searches
on other sites? |
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ScholarshipExperts.com offers a sophisticated,
logic-based search, coupling several original search
fields and precision in data entry to achieve a
superior search tool. We've done the comparisons --
other sites just aren't able to narrow down their
search results to match student profiles the way we
do. |
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How many search results will I get using your site? |
The number of search results that each student gets
using our service depends upon several factors.
First, the number of search results generated
depends upon the way the student profile is
completed; students who take their time to answer
EVERY question with careful thought and attention to
detail will have a better chance of receiving more
awards in their search results list, and students
who rush through the process and don't take time to
find out the answers to each question will not.
Also, the number of search results generated has a
lot to do with your characteristics and personal
information. Students with high test scores and good
GPAs, active involvement and leadership roles in
school activities, and flexibility in their choice
of major and choice of school will generally
generate more search results than students with only
one or two activities selected and those with a very
narrow view of their careers/majors/college choices.
Our advice, given these variables, is to take your
time during the E-Profile process and of course,
strive to keep those grades and test scores high. Be
active and involved in service and leadership
activities. And keep your options open when it comes
to thinking of your major, career, and college
choices. |
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How long will I have to wait to see my search
results? |
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Not long at all -- you will get your results immediately! Once you complete your profile, you will instantly
be taken to the E-Organizer page. From there, you
can immediately click over to the search results
page. This entire process should happen within 10 to
20 seconds after finishing the profile. |
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Expertise |
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Why do you call yourselves the Scholarship Experts? |
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Although there are several other companies out there
that try to help students find scholarships to pay
for college, none have the combined technical,
research, and financial aid expertise that
ScholarshipExperts.com has. We purposely brought
experts from various educational and technical fields together to create an award-winning
website and a scholarship search service that is second to none.
ScholarshipExperts.com is an appropriate name, given
our commitment to excellence and our collective
experience in helping students find scholarships to pay for college. |
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Can you help me get a scholarship? |
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It is important that students and parents using our
site realize that the service we provide does not
actually "get" you a scholarship. ScholarshipExperts.com is a research tool, helping you find leads
on potential scholarships you might want to apply
for. We do not submit award applications on your
behalf, nor do we have any say in the selection
process for awarding scholarships sponsored by other companies. Students "get"
scholarships by applying for them and emerging as
the most qualified candidate. This service simply
saves you time by helping you find the right awards
to apply for--you have to do the rest. |
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Privacy |
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I'm concerned about my privacy--why do you ask me so
many personal questions? |
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In order to find the scholarships that you are
likely to be eligible for, we need to know a lot of
information about you. We collect your personal
information during the E-Profile process, and then,
using that information, generate a list of
scholarships that have requirements matching your
characteristics. Be assured, however, we do not
share your personal information with any third
parties without your explicit permission. You can
read our Privacy Policy for complete
details. |
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Do I have to tell you my Social Security number to find scholarships? |
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No, ScholarshipExperts.com will not ask for your Social
Security number; it is not needed for the
scholarship search process. |
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