When looking for scholarships, it is rarely important to consider listing things that you’re not; you may not have college-quality athletic talent, or be a 4.0 student, but the focus of “I AM NOT” blurs the goal of recognizing the things that you are. Maybe you’re a middle-income seventeen year-old involved in volunteer work, and you happen to enjoy fly fishing; criteria as ambiguous as height has been used to establish a list of qualified candidates for some scholarships. All this to say -- In looking for scholarships, never limit your thought process to the obvious benchmarks of grades and athletics.
Once you’ve recognized who you are and what makes you unique, turn those factors into a list and begin a search for applicable scholarships. A good place to start exploring is in your high school counseling office, student support centers, or at an online resource like fastweb.com. Enjoy the search!
T.D. Bjornestad
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