The Sell Used Books College Essay Contest

Grand Prize: $1,000
Essays: Between 300-500 Words
SellUsedBooks.com
Deadline: April 15, 2012

Important High School Scholarship

Dr. Carreon Foundation Scholarship
Deadline: March 1st, 2012
Full time high school student--Mexican Ancestry
At least 3.0 GPA--Essay of 1000 words or less
https://carreonfoundation.cvscholars.com/
Up to $5,000 for 4-Year Colleges/Universities
Up to $2,500 for Community College

The Big March 2nd Deadline

Remember March 2nd is the deadline for the COD Scholarship.

Also, it is a critical date for applying for FAFSA.

Two Scholarships

The Sell Used Books College Essay Contest
300-500 Word Essay "Why I deserve to win this scholarship."
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Grand Prize: $1,000

Marriott Scholars Program
Hispanic/Latino Heritage
3.0 GPA
Deadline: March 01, 2012
Grand Prize: Full tuition up to $9,000

Answering Machine Messages

Yesterday I mentioned the importance of having an email name that sounds professional. My suggestion is the same for voice mail. Keep your message brief and businesslike. In addition, you might consider eliminating music. I find that even soft and soothing music can be annoying when you are trying to reach someone.

In addition, please discourage young children from answering the phone when you are waiting for a possible call from a scholarship committee member. If it is difficult to reach you, they may just move on to the next qualified candidate.

Email Account & Scholarships

It is important to have an email account which is designated specifically for scholarships. Once you start completing your profile on websites such as FastWeb.com, you will be inundated with mail from colleges and institutions. The colleges will try to recruit you and financial institutions will try to convince you to take out a student loan.

Your scholarship email should be professional and simple enough to avoid errors when a scholarship organization is trying to reach you. If it is too long and complicated, there is a greater chance for errors.

Please avoid "cutsey" email addresses like cutelittlechick or bighunk. Also, anything that may be negative like sober5. Probably not a good idea to have a year (Betty1991) since it usually indicates the year you were born. You just don't want to devulge too much personal information through your email name.

There are new email sites frequently. The following are a few you might want to consider:
http://http://www.k7.net/
http://mail.google.com/
http://mail.yahoo.com/
http://www.hotmail.com/

Civil Engineering Scholarship

CI Constrution Engineeering Student Scholarship
Deadline: April 01, 2012

http://content.constructioninst.org/CiScholarship.html