Sunday, December 13, 2009

Applying for Scholarships and Grants

By Jake Green

Let's suppose that you have a teenager who will shortly be graduating from high school. You will be proud of course, the same as any other parent. whose child is graduating from high school. It is one of those milestones of life that they have successfully passed, in spite of all the financial problems that you have probably experienced. It is time to be happy, for you have fulfilled your role of giving your child a brighter chance in life.

Bill Gates has formed a institution with his wife Melinda Gates to spread the endeavor to help lowly students of different communities. The institution provides funding for students who are coming from very low income families. They have named the scholarships as Bill Gates Scholarships. The students from different ethnic groups like Native Americans, African Americans, Hispanics and Asian and Pacific Islanders are privileged under this scholarship. There are various scholarships based on the need of each module.

At this point, you need to begin thinking about how you will pay for the courses of your college-bound child. With the increasing cost of tuition fees, you need to plan ahead well of time to avoid any problems, especially if you not well-off. You probably already know how difficult it is to have to deal with the increasing costs of your child's high school education before. The earlier you start thinking about your child's college education, the less you will have financial problems later.

Gates Millennium Scholars Program is the main attraction for students. It is given to students who are excellent in their studious subject but are from low income families. The institution does not insist a lot of form filling process to provide these scholarships.

Need is the main eligibility criteria for the scholarship. If a student scored low but has the strength to make good result, he/she becomes adequate for the scholarship. The current score will not become a barrier for giving the scholarship.

The main aim of the institution is to make the field of science and technology to reach all area of the society. The information and technology should not be denied to anyone. Hence the scholarship does not have the barrier of nationality. It is given to all who have a permanent residence license to US.

Student scholarship is not aimed to completely relieve the students and their families from paying coaching charge. The aim of providing scholarship is to support the families to reduce the burden of paying coaching charge of their students. The institution provides an average of $15000/ year to a graduate student. An undergraduate student will get an average of $7000/year only.

The students can get an on campus job or try to get any other scholarship in addition to the scholarship provided by Gate institution. This will relieve them from the burden of student loan and can peacefully complete the module. - 23204

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