Tips, Tricks, & Advice for Your College Experience

  Apply for as many scholarships as you can: Talk to your teachers, friends, and family about scholarships, and look at intended college websites for specific scholarships.  Look for specific scholarships that apply to your major or personal life, especially if you’re an ethnic minority and/or first-generation college student.  Create a scholarship essay template, or base essay, ...

Using websites like Cappex.com (another scholarship website) will get your name out to colleges if you are still looking for options. Examine what you would like for a college experience: does the size of the college matter? Location? Would you rather live close to home or farther away? What about cost and major? All these are good questions to ask, and it will help you narrow down your coll...

Coffee/Tea Maker, a good laptop with lots of storage and a touch screen if it helps you take notes, shower shoes (i.e. flip flops) if you’re living in the dorms, cleaning supplies for your dorm (a handheld vacuum cleaner is useful) and a microwave, if allowed, for quick meals that will save you a lot of time. A mini fridge to keep food, a trash can, a first aid kit in case of emergencies, blank...

Scolarships.com: https://www.scholarships.com/  Fastweb Scholarships: https://www.fastweb.com/ Collegeboard Scholarships: https://opportunity.collegeboard.org/  Cappex Scholarships: https://www.cappex.com/scholarships  High school Scholarships: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XxgLXk3HeVPFwU0Sa-hDhdjk4IFvmNIb4HHenEg3o5Q/edit  ...