Description: Millions of dollars of available scholarship money go unclaimed every year. Many students live under the false impression that it takes super-human grades and extraordinary achievements to qualify for such an award. In reality, scholarship money is within reach of millions of ordinary students from all over. Author Chris Vuturo himself was offered $885,000 before settling on a $68,000 award from Harvard. In The Scholarship Advisor, he explains the secrets to his success, and shares his advice on searching and applying for college scholarships.

CH. 1 Introduction to Scholarships

CH. 2 Finding Scholarships and Writing Inquiry Letters

CH. 3 Assembling the Application

CH. 4 Writing the Essay

CH. 5 Recommendation Letters

CH. 6 The Interview

CH. 7 Follow Up

CH. 8 Financial Aid

Every chapter includes examples of what to do and not to do for each step of the way (i.e. several sample essays, inquiry letters and applications with critiques). Also, we use The Princeton Review's famous "Joe Bloggs" character to show students how to avoid typical mistakes that plague scholarship applications.

The second half of the book lists more than 100,000 scholarship opportunities. They are arranged into two indexes: one alphabetical, and the other by category. Each entry also includes at-a-glance icons that describe the type of scholarship, and what the various criteria are. All of the necessary address and telephone information is included to help students properly direct their application.

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