The College Board Scholarship Handbook

by The College Board

TheScholarship Handbook 2010provides the most complete and authoritative facts about more than 1.7 million awards, including scholarship, internship, and loan programs, offered to undergraduates by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874478278
• ISBN13: 9780874478273
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: College Board
• Length: 622 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Good

This book arrived in a timely manor. It was in great condition. The book is just what I expected.

Excellent resource for motivated college bound students

My daughter is a graduating senior high school student. I purchased this book for her. Within a couple days this book was full of color coded flags marking the type of scholarship and due date. She was able to find over 30 scholarships consistent with her intended field of study that she was unable to find using web, government and school resources. She is in process of applying to all of them. If your high school student has prepared well for college and is motivated to seek out scholarships, this is an excellent resource. Perhaps the best endorsement I can give is that I have had very little time with the book, my daughter has read it cover to cover is actively submitting scholarship applications.

The Scholarship Handbook is a fantastic resource! Another useful review by Frances Kweller, Founder

The Scholarship Handbook, published by the College Board, is an amazing resource and a MUST BUY. Searching for college scholarships is a tedious process and requires energy, a lot of dedication and help from someone who knows how scholarships work." The Scholarship Handbook is an excellent starting point for the scholarship search. You can get additional one-on-one assistance with navigating the Scholarship Handbook at Kweller Prep Educational Center. I started the scholarship process after I had gotten into NYU, Early Decision, and realized that downside of getting into a top-ranked private university is that you have to come up with the money to pay for it! This epiphany led me to begin the scholarship search. The first scholarship I applied for took me over 50 hours and 3 weeks to complete. At first, the scholarship application process seemed pretty impossible. I had to write an essay ---- --but I had writer's block. I had to get two letters of recommendation --but I had no idea who to ask. I had to submit a FAFSA; I hadn't even filled one out! I needed to send in my final transcript --but I had stopped going to AP Spanish as much after I got my early decision acceptance I did, however, really want to make some money--and I do mean "make." Well, I applied to about 30 Scholarships. I won two. The two I won covered over half my NYU Tuition. The scholarship applications got easier over time. I knew what to do; I created a system: I filed completed applications, recycled essays, and reused recommendation letters. The process was painful, but worth every minute. Looking back, I realize that I really could have benefitted from having someone to guide me in my scholarship search. Things would have gone a whole lot faster and smoother. Today, I am using my expertise to help young people in this grueling process. I offer scholarship essay editing as part of Kweller Prep. You live and you learn. But when it comes to the college scholarship application process, you really learn! Looking back, the grueling process was worth every minute. The key is to treat the scholarship search process as a job--one that pays really, really well. Otherwise, you just won't do it. Remember, this is perhaps the only time in your entire life where you can basically just write an essay and get $50K for it. No job in high school, or even college for that matter, will ever pay you so well. The time to apply for college scholarships is in high school. You only get to go to college--on scholarship--once! You won't have this window of opportunity again! Go Apply! Kweller Prep will help and edit! Start applying today! Final Tips: Remember to treat this book as you would treat the yellow pages--- start with the directory of scholarships various scholarships out there, which are carefully categorized in the first few pages. With a highlighter in your hand and several post-its nearby, you should begin to o

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This is a great arrangement. The book is almost unnecessary. Just plop the CD in your computer, fill out the personal survey and the program gives you a list of all the scholarships (that college board has in the book) that pertain to you - as you described your history and interests in the survey. It tells you the basic info, due dates, etc. THEN you can link by internet to the scholarship site to get the full story if you think you qualify for that particular scholarship. Many applications are online and you can download or submit directly. This is terrific.