Applying for scholarships is an important part of preparing for college. Applying for scholarships can be extremely gruesome. Fortunately, there are plenty of easy scholarships you can apply for in under an hour. Some don’t even require essays. Below are some scholarships to which you can apply.
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: Quarterly
Eligibility: High school student and US resident
Application Requirements: Create a free College Vine account or fill out your chancing profile if you already have an account.
“No Essay” College Scholarship
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: Monthly (next deadline is May 31, 2023)
Eligibility: High school students, college students, and others planning to attend college or graduate school within the next year (additional eligibility requirements)
Application Requirements: Simple online form
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: August 31, 2023
Eligibility: Must be a legal U.S. resident; must be at least 14 years old at the time of application
Application Requirements: Short answer question
Here’s one for the comedians out there. This is not only an opportunity to win $1,500 in scholarship money but also a chance to showcase your comedy set. In 250 words or fewer, respond to this prompt:
“OMG… finding and applying for scholarships is serious business, but it’s time to lighten things up a little. We don’t want to know why you deserve $1,500 or how great your grades are, we simply want to LOL. Describe an incident in your life, funny or embarrassing (fact or fiction), and make us laugh!”
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: Monthly (next deadline is September 30, 2023)
Eligibility: Must be at least 17 years old and a high school senior or college student, parent of a high school senior or college student, or loan-paying college graduate or parent of a graduate; must be a legal U.S. resident
Application Requirements: Simple online form
Around the Corner from College Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: June 30th, 2023
Eligibility: Open to current high school students (freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors)
Application Requirements: Simple online form
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: December 31, 2023
Eligibility: Must be U.S. student; Must be 14 years of age or older; Must be a legal U.S. resident
Application Requirements: Short answer question
To submit to this competition, students must respond to the following prompt in 250 words or less: “Create a Top Ten List of the top ten reasons you should get this scholarship.”
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: November 30, 2023
Eligibility: Must be U.S. student; Must be 14 years of age or older; Must be a legal U.S. resident
Application Requirements: Short answer question
To submit to this competition, students must respond to the following prompt in 250 words or less: “What would you say to someone who thinks education doesn’t matter, or that college is a waste of time and money?”
$2000 CampusReel Virtual Tour Scholarship
Amount: $2,000
Deadline: June 30, 2023
Eligibility: Open to all high school, college, community, and graduate students
Application Requirements: Watch a video.
Book Recommendation Scholarship
Amount: $1,300
Deadline: May 31, 2023
Eligibility: N/A
Application Requirements: Simple online form and short answer question. All you have to do to get entered to win this scholarship is register and answer the following question in one sentence: “What is a good book you’d recommend to a friend for the summer?”
These are just some of the many scholarships found on the internet. I recommend applying to as many of them as possible. I also recommend going to the internet to find other scholarships for which you may be eligible. College can be very expensive, and you don’t necessarily have to be a junior or a senior to start applying for scholarships as the faster you start the more money you will have collected towards your college fees.
