scholarships

[pumpkincake]

Hi all!

I've been researching non stop for scholarships and have been having a very hard time. I was someone out there might have better luck in using a portal other than fastweb. Thanks so much!

[spctle342]

I'm not much help, but I've found that certain programs offer quite a few scholarships, while others make it rather aprubtly clear that they will be happy to help you along in your journey toward crippling student debt. I've forced myself to focus only on programs with a glimmer of hope for funding, be it in the form of scholarships, work-study, assistantships, etc. Fastweb is pretty much a joke, and I don't know that there is much in the way of outside aid to graduate-level social work students. I'd be curious to hear what ideas others might have...

[lyonessrampant]

There are always things like Gates scholarships, Marshall scholarships, Ford scholarships, etc., but it would be helpful for you to share more info. Are you applying to MA or Ph.D. programs (or in the sciences)? Do the schools you are interested in usually fund their accepted applicants? Where are you applying? I think that MSW programs do often have some funding, but I think that they are generally not fully funded (could be wrong here!), but I've heard of people looking to the above-listed programs (all of which have minority or need-based scholarships) or to state or federal government programs. I'd recommend contacting the schools you are interested in. They'll have a list of external funding resources that students often or sometimes use, and they can tell you how to go about getting those external funding sources.

[monikaesco]

thanks for information