How to
Avoid a Scholarship Scam
Expert Advice provided by Scholarship
Experts
Article written by Alyson Shutts Meeks
The best way to avoid being the victim of a scholarship scam
is to remember the old adage: If it seems too good to be true,
it probably is. If a scholarship search service promises you
a scholarship, run the other way. If someone insists that for
$5 or $30 or $50, he will guarantee you a scholarship, it is
definitely a scam.
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Yes, there are lots of scholarship dollars available, but
the truth is that no one can secure a scholarship for you but
you. Only the prospective student can do the work of filling
out forms, sending transcripts, and writing essays.
A legitimate scholarship search service provides information
that is current and accurate; it does not provide scholarships.
A legitimate scholarship search service is an information
source. Take Scholarship Experts for instance. They have
invested the resources to explore and compile scholarship data
from all over the map. A good scholarship search service has
a team of research specialists that constantly updates award
information.
What good is 2001's award information to a 2009 high school
graduate? When looking for a valid, trustworthy scholarship search
company, verify that the information you are getting is current.
Look for a service like Scholarship Experts that compiles their own
database of awards and delivers up-to-date data.
Remember, it costs money to operate a scholarship service.
It is a simple fact that someone has to pay. Perhaps it is advertisers.
Perhaps it is customers. Make sure you know who is paying for
the service so you can adequately assess the quality of the product
and monitor what happens with your personal, private information.
If you, the customer, the consumer, are paying, then chances
are good that the service is structured with your needs and goals
uppermost. That is why a fee-based scholarship search service
makes sense. The service exists to serve the customer, without
whom there is no service. Consider another old adage: You can't
get something for nothing....unless it isn't worth anything.
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