subject: Merit Scolarship - $10,000 Scholarship for College Students [print this page] Author: Michelle Perkins Author: Michelle Perkins
There are numerous Merit Scolarship that you can apply for if you qualify. You may want to check out these Merit Scolarship. Find more scholarships that fit your needs by also doing your own research.
A $10,000 scholarship is given away at freecollegescholarships.net and it is available to eligible students to apply. To be eligible, you need to live in the United States and be 18 or older. You enter the scholarship giveaway when you register at their website. Don't miss the deadline which ends each month.
A second scholarship program that you should take a look at is the Sam Walton Community Scholarship. $1,000 every year for 4 years are available to those who get the fellowship. Eligible applicants are those who've been out of school for at least one year and who work with Walmart.
The Associate Scholarship provided by Walmart is also something to consider. Humor, journalism, and dramatic script are some works in writing that you need to submit to apply. Applicants can also submit works of non-ficion and poetry as well.
While applying for scholarships, keep in mind not to rely on one or two scholarship programs only. Play your weaknesses so as to make them appear as a hardship you've had to go through to get to where you are now.
The trick about applying for scholarships is to zoom in and focus on as many as you qualify for and make sure to apply for them before their deadlines. Having a main essay that you can tweak for different scholarship programs can help you to more easily get the essay part done and still have a strong essay to present to the scholarship committee.About the Author: