Each year, thousands of students compete for scholarships to fund their college education. It is common for students with similar academic and extra-curricular records to compete for the same scholarship award. Unless a scholarship has requirements that qualify a very small group in the population, trying to get a scholarship can be difficult or frustrating.

But don’t lose hope yet!  In order to increase your chances of winning a scholarship of your choice, you may have to apply to as many scholarships as you can. Unfortunately, some scholarships will ask you to submit a long list of requirements, making applications to multiple scholarships a bit of a challenge.  This is especially true if you consider the limited amount of time that you’re working with to complete your applications. In addition, many requirements and questions overlap among the different scholarships. Hence, it is very possible to confuse one scholarship for another.

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