1. Stephanie L. Barlow | Assistant Director of External Resources
Financialaid.syr.edu
@SUFinLit

2. Common Scholarship Questions…
Where do I find scholarships?
What’s your focus?
What’s required?
Intro:
How many students currently have outside scholarships?
Where have you been successful in finding them?

3. Where can you find scholarship opportunities?
Financial Aid Website
Bulletin Boards
Listserv
Newsletter
Twitter
TV Broadcasts
Local organizations
Hometown community
Parent’s employers
Volunteer/community service
Religious affiliations

4. Recommended Sites
Fastweb Scholarship America Nerd Wallet College Green Light Cappex Niche
Use professional address, update profiles on regular basis – consider it a resume

5. What’s Your Focus? Merit Student-Specific Study Abroad
Program of Study
What’s Your Focus?
Extracurricular activities, leadership, volunteer/community service, employment, academic performance, need-based, ethnicity, hobbies, religion, career interests, first-generation

6. What’s Required? Essays Writing Center 101 H.B. Videos Transcripts
References
What’s Required?

7. Warning Signs/Scams Application fees Everybody is eligible
No telephone number
Address is a mail drop
Wants bank account #s, SSN, credit card #
Unsolicited opportunities
Survey that gathers marketing demographic data
Notification by phone
Claims database is unique
Warning Signs/Scams

8. FAFSA
CSS Profile
Reminders
Prior-Prior Year

9. Schedule a 30-Minute One-On-One Scholarship Session