By: Emma Wood
Graduation may feel far away, but for seniors, the countdown has already started, and it isn’t measured in days or credits, but in deadlines. While the new year brings relaxation and routine, scholarship season quietly opens, waiting for the students who notice. These scholarships open up in January and are always available before you begin your next term, yet students miss their deadlines. But how do you even find these scholarships?
Easy: every month, you will get sent a list of scholarships you can apply for by counselor Rebecca Dunn and teacher Christine Anzevino. There are also plenty of legitimate scholarship websites that can help you find scholarships.
This is the list the counselors have sent out for January:
1) National Eagle Scout Association Scholarships
2) SAA Native American Scholarships
3) Material Handling Education Foundation Scholarship
4) Society of Manufacturing Engineers Scholarship
5) John & Tamara Lundgren Scholars Program
6) Davidson Fellows Scholarships
7) DEWALT Trades Scholarship
8) National Italian American Foundation Scholarships
9) American Welding Society National
10) Marine Corps Foundation Scholarships
11) AFA Teens Awareness College Scholarship
12) Children of Warriors National Scholarship
13) Daughters of the Cincinnati Scholarship
14) National Catholic Committee on Scouting Scholarships
15) USPAACC Scholarship
WHAT ANZEVINO HAS TO SAY:
Anzevino, the advisor of the National Honor Society (NHS), explained that NHS students often earn scholarships because of their demonstrated “scholarship, leadership, character, and service.” Even for students who are not NHS members, these qualities are worth emphasizing in scholarship applications, as many committees look for the same traits when selecting recipients.
When it comes to writing scholarship essays, Anzevino emphasized the importance of the process: “Writing, proofing, re-writing, and getting someone else to look at it.” She also stressed the need to directly answer the prompt. “If the essay is asking about something in particular, make sure you are answering the question and how it relates to your life and others’ lives. Be genuine,” she said. Anzevino encouraged students to begin applying for scholarships in the fall. While it is now winter, she
noted that it is not too late to apply. Seniors are urged to start now and avoid waiting until the last minute. Scholarships are the quiet bridge between dreams and degrees, but they are easy to overlook, and yet for most students, they are also impossible to cross college without.
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