Scholarship

Application Resource Center

It’s helpful to understand how to make a scholarship work for your academic goals. We hope that you find these external resources as a valuable addition to your scholarship journey.

Undergraduate Students

Society of Women Engineer Scholarship

Student Inventors Scholarships
Student’s Guide to Studying Abroad
Union Plus Scholarship

Parents

College Awareness and Planning (NACAC)
Emotional Health & Your College Student: A Guide for Parents (PDF)
National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
Parent Resources from ACT
Parent Resources from the College Board

Suggested Reading

The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College – Jacques Steinberg (Penguin Books, 2003)
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens – Sean Covey (Touchstone, 2014)
Admission Matters: What Students and Parents Need to Know About Getting into College – Sally P. Springer (Jossey-Bass, 2013)
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges – Loren Pope (Penguin Books, 2012)
Fiske Guide to Colleges 2015 – Edward Fiske (Sourcebooks, 2014)
Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges – Loren Pope (Penguin Books, 2012)
Conquering the College Admissions Essay in 10 Steps – Alan Gelb (Ten Speed Press, 2013)
On Writing the College Application Essay: The Key to Acceptance at the College of Your Choice – Harry Bauld (Collins Reference, 2012)

On Writing the College Application Essay: The Key to Acceptance at the College of Your Choice – Harry Bauld (Collins Reference, 2012)
The Source of the River, the Social Origins of freshman at America’s Selective Colleges and Universities – Douglas S. Massey, Camille Charles, Garvey Lundy and Mary J.Fischer (Princeton University, 2003)
How to Succeed on a Majority Campus, a Guide for Minority Students – Marc Levy, Michael Blanco and W. Terrell Jones (Wadsworth Publishing, 1998)
College Rules!, 3rd Edition: How to Study, Survive and Succeed in College – Sherrie Nist and Jodi Patrick Holschuh (Ten Speed Press, 2011)
The Financial Aid Handbook: Getting the Education You Want for the Price You Can Afford – Carol Stack and Ruth Vedvik (Career Press, 2011)
The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2015: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants, and Prizes – Gen Tanabe and Kelly Tanabe (SuperCollege, 2014)
Scholarships, Grants & Prizes 2015 (Peterson’s Scholarships, Grants & Prizes) – Peterson’s (Peterson’s, 2014)
Confessions of a Scholarship Winner: The Secrets That Helped Me Win $500,000 in Free Money for College – How You Can Too! – Kristina Ellis (Worthy Publishing, 2013
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