Depending upon to whom you listen, there is anywhere from millions to billions of dollars of scholarship money that goes unclaimed each year. That's all hype!

However, each year, hundreds of thousands of scholarships are actually awarded. Is it easy to win scholarships? No. To win scholarships you must work hard, apply to enough scholarships for success to occur and meet most of each sponsor's requirements to receive scholarship awards.

If you are very serious about applying to the private scholarships that you can use at any college, then I recommend you read, How to Go to College for Almost Free by Benjamin R. Kaplan. He has established a very methodical process that gets excellent results.

At Total College Planning, we will help you by doing your Scholarship Searches. Our search takes us through over 7,500 organizations and 400,000 awards. We will find those scholarships, grants and internships where you meet all or most of their requirements.

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