College Students Are Poor! » Resources http://collegestudentsarepoor.com Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:41:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 4 Places to Find Scholarship Money http://collegestudentsarepoor.com/2008/12/4-places-to-find-scholarship-money/ http://collegestudentsarepoor.com/2008/12/4-places-to-find-scholarship-money/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:15:00 +0000 Mike http://collegestudentsarepoor.com/2008/12/4-places-to-find-scholarship-money/ All right, so I’ve given you poor college students plenty of ways to make money and save money while in college. One area I haven’t touched on is one that I thought was obvious to everyone, but the more I interact with other college students, the less I think that is true.

What am I talking about? Scholarships. Plain and simple. I’m guessing before you came to college you may have gotten some scholarship money from your high school or some local organizations where you grew up. If you had a good counselor, you were also probably told to apply for scholarships online before coming to college. So I’ll assume most of you know about those things.

What not everyone realizes is that there is a ton of money out there that can be found in scholarships that are only for current college students. They’re really not that hard to find either. Sure, you will probably have some stiff competition, but why not go for it? Here’s 4 places you should be looking to perhaps get some extra money for college.

1) First, I suggest you look into potential scholarships given by your department (or major). You can more than likely find them on your department website or by even talking to your academic adviser (you have met them right?).

2) Next, I would see if there are scholarships available by your college. No, I’m not talking about your school. I’m talking about the college that your major is a part of. This could be the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, College of Design, College of Engineering, etc. You get the point. Make sure you apply for any and all of them that you qualify for.

3) Many schools also give out scholarships that are separate from their financial aid packages that you more than likely have received. Check your school website and see what they have available.

4) Lastly, check online and see what you can find. Fastweb is more than likely the most well known site. You can find more by doing a quick web search.

Well, hopefully that will help you out a bit. Am I missing any places that you’ve found scholarship money? If so, let me hear ‘em! Just make a quick comment. I’d love to hear from you!

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The name of the program is “SuperAntiSpyware” and it’s great. Sure, it’s a bit of a cheesy name, but it works wonderfully. This program has managed to find viruses and spyware that many of the other programs (AVG, Avast, AdAware) I had been using had not found.

I would highly recommend that you go and download the free version of this program!

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There are all kinds of programs out there made to protect your computer from a virus. Most will cost you a pretty big chunk of change. Others you can get for free! I want to point you to a couple free options out there.

The two programs I’d like to point you to are AVG and AVAST. Both are free. Both do their jobs like they are supposed to. Both use a much smaller portion of your computer’s resources than some of the big name programs out there. Both will protect you from a virus!

Instead of going out and paying $19.99 or more on your next virus upgrade, I suggest you download one of these two programs! You won’t be sorry! If you have an idea of any other free programs out there that can compete with these two, please share in the comments!

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The first site is SundaySaver.com and it’s a good one! Just go there and click on any store logo and it will bring up a page that will take you directly to that stores weekly advertisement. All you have to do is enter your zip code when you get there, and it will bring up the ad! See for yourself!

The second site is SalesCircular.com and it’s great also! The website is dedicated to helping you to easily find the sales at “Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, Kmart, Office Depot, Office Max, Radio Shack, Sears, Staples, Target, WalMart and select local retailers..” which is pretty cool if you ask me. You click on your state and then it will bring up a listing of categories. Find the category of the item you’re looking for, and see if there is a sale going on for it. It’s that easy!

My favorite part of this second site is that it has a special section dedicated to “Free After Rebate” items that can be found in some stores. You buy one of these items. You send in a rebate form. They send you your money back. It’s easy stuff! Give it a try!

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Uh, sorry about that.

I’ve helped you to figure out how to get the best deals on airfare, hotels, and even specifically trips to Las Vegas. It only makes sense that I point you in the direction of a site that will tell you whether or not those great deals are really great.

TripAdvisor.com boasts “10,000,000+ traveler reviews & opinions of hotels, vacations & more” directly on it’s homepage. That’s a whole lot of reviews! Before you go ahead and book for the cheapest (maybe even obscure) hotel make sure you take a look at TripAdvisor and see what they have to say first. Maybe your hotel is cheap for a reason!

Here are some other websites that are also worth looking into for this reason are: Orbitz, MyTravelGuide, and Global Hotel Review

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1CouponStop.com | A2ZDeals.com | XPBargains.com

A2ZRewards.com | AbleShoppers.com | AHugeDeal.com

AllOnlineCoupons.com | AnyCoupons.com | Boostle.com

Best-Online-Coupons.com | BradsDeals.com | CleverMoms.com

Clothes-Coupons.com | CouponCabin.com | Coupon-Code.com

Coupon-Codes.net | CouponCraze.com | CouponMom.com

CouponMountain.com | CouponORama.com | CouponsAndDeals.com

CouponsAndOffers.com | CurrentCodes.com | DailyEDeals.com

DealCatcher.com | DealCoupon.com | DealNews.com

Discounts-Coupons.com | ECoupons.com | ECouponz.com

EdealsETC.com | EStoreDeals.com | FreeCouponCodes.com

GoGoShopper.com | HappyCoupons.com | JumpOnDeals.com

KeyCode.com | MomsView.com | MonkeyBargains.com

Online-Coupon-Code.com | OverSave.com | PhatBargains.com

Rather-Be-Shopping.com | Savester.com | Savings-Center.com

TechBargains.com | TheSavingDepot.com | UltimateCoupons.com

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It gives links to many of the best search sites out there for airfare, as well as information on the best time to book your flight, how to earn more flight miles, and many other tools and suggestions to help you get the cheapest flight possible.

Give the post a read and be prepared to book your next flight for the lowest price possible!

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