Scholarship Opportunities for Transfer Students
You’ll find transfer scholarships offered by individual colleges and universities as well as your home state, so be sure to ask your transfer counselor about the opportunities that might be available to you! In the meantime, take a look at these national awards:
Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Offered by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, this scholarship of up to $55,000 per year is awarded based on academic achievement, financial need, persistence, leadership, and compassion. Applicants must be a current student or recent graduate from an accredited US community college or two-year institution with sophomore status planning to enroll in a full-time, accredited baccalaureate program.
Phi Theta Kappa Transfer Student Scholarships
Members of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society may be eligible for a number of different transfer scholarships. The organization partners with 800 four-year colleges that offer nearly $250 million in scholarships just for PTK members, with average awards totaling $2,500 a year.
Prospective transfer students are also eligible for the annual CollegeXpress $10,000 scholarship contest!
Learn more about it here and create a free account to be entered. Scholarships for Military Children
Students at community and junior colleges designed for direct transfer to four-year programs are eligible for these awards from the Fisher House Foundation. Applicants must be children of active-duty, reserve/guard, deceased, or retired members of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Space Force. Hundreds of $2,000 scholarships are awarded through this program each year.
Long story short: Always look at the eligibility informa- tion to be fully informed about a scholarship opportu- nity—you could qualify for a lot more than you think.
Mistake #3: Not looking beyond your immediate year of education
While searching for scholarships, students and their parents are typically focused on reducing the most immediate college expenses. Of course, you want to cut your college costs for the upcoming academic se- mester, but don’t miss the opportunity to reduce your future costs as well. Many private scholarships from companies and organizations will state that their awards are for both high school students planning to enroll
and current college students. Those opportunities are therefore open to high schoolers as well as college stu- dents enrolled in two-year and four-year undergraduate and graduate programs. Often students think the schol- arship search ends once they’re in college, but you can (and should) continue searching all the way to graduation. Additionally, many students at advanced levels of education miss possible scholarship money because they also assume scholarships are only for undergraduate students. Don’t make this mistake!
Most viable scholarships will include links to their eli- gibility requirements. Take a few minutes to review specific eligibility requirements for any scholarship
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you find, as it could potentially add more opportunities to your list of applications to expedite—and more money in your college fund. Avoid making assumptions about eligibility and improve your chances to win more schol- arships that are right for you.
Jean O’Toole is an educational consultant and author of the bestselling book Scholarship Strategies: Finding and Winning the Money You Need.
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