My son is upcoming freshman-how do i go about helping him with scholarships for college?

Question

My son is upcoming freshman-how do i go about helping him with scholarships for college?

Answer 1

Make sure he gets all A's and an occasional B and get good scores on the ACT or SAT.  That is the best thing anyone can do to get scholarships.

Answer 2

Searching for financial aid/scholarships can be really time consuming for anyone...especially if you're just starting out in college. So the best way to help your son out is to try and do the search for him.

Like Nikki suggested, you can sign up to a site like Scholarships.com and fill out a profile for him. It's free and easy.

Your son might need to help you out by telling you what his interests are, etc. But once the profile is completed, you'll get a list of scholarships he is eligible to apply for. Basically his profile will be matched up to scholarship criteria so that only those that he is actually eligible for will show up.  Once you have your list, you'll need to research each scholarship opportunity a little further to see what's needed to apply.

Get organized, prioritize the deadlines, and try and gather whatever info he will need for his applications.

So check it out: http://www.scholarships.com

Answer 3

Check out some of the college scholarship listings, like scholarships.com, fastweb.com, etc --> I even think collegeboard.com has one.  Other than that when you fill out the FAFSA be sure to fill it out to your benefit.  If you are divorced, you don't have to report his father's earnings (assuming your son lives with you), you only have to report your income (which includes child support and alimony).  That's a little trick that most college counselors make you pay 1,000s of dollars to learn.  There are other tricks too.