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Course: Personal finance > Unit 9
Lesson 3: Grants and scholarships- Information about athletic scholarships
- Types of grants and scholarships
- Searching for scholarships
- Student story: Searching for scholarships
- Student story: Applying for scholarships
- Student story: Relying on scholarships when facing immigration challenges
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Student story: Applying for scholarships
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- Does the US federal government offer scholarships for foreign citizens? For example, I am a student from India. Would I be offered grants and scholarships by the US government if I decided to do my undergrad in the US? This is regarding the merit scholarships that it offers, not the need-based ones.(2 votes)
- Generally (almost universally) the answer is no. Some colleges will offer aid, but is rarely out of a government fund. Usually these scholarships are offered out of donated money funds or the schools endowment (which is usually just a massive donation fund that the college manages). These scholarships are very competitive and scarce.(3 votes)
- Atdo I have to apply to alot of scholarships. Also, when should i start looking for scholarships? 0:03(2 votes)
- I'm a student and mother trying to make ends meet and create a future for my family. I'm in need of a little assistance . Any pointers about writing a grant for myself would be greatly appreciated...
Thank you(2 votes)
Video transcript
- So when looking at
financial aid opportunities the first thing I looked
at were scholarships. I applied to a lot and basically just did a quick Google search of scholarships that pertained to things
that I was interested in. Applied to as many as I could, that was, you know, humanly feasible, and then I actually ended up getting a couple. Which was nice because it supplements some of the stuff my
financial aid doesn't.