Archive for October, 2009

School Talk Grants Pass Season One

WEBSITE: http://www.teachertube.com Grants Pass School Talk Duration : 0:18:18 Technorati Tags: back, Education, grants, high, lesson, Pass, plan, plans, resource, resources, school, schools, Student, Students, Talk, teacher, teachers, teachertube, to, tube, University

2008 Anita Borg Scholarship Europe Retreat

Meet some of Google’s Anita Borg Scholarship recipients and get an inside look at their 3 day retreat at Google’s Zurich office. http://www.google.com/jobs/studentvideovig Duration : 0:6:7 Technorati Tags: Anita, Borg, google, jobs, Students, working, Zurich

How does financial aid work? What sort of Criteria do you have to meet to be eligible to get money?

My fiancé will be starting school this Septemeber; we are not sure how financial aid works and how you become eligible to recieve a grant. What is the process and how long does it take? What information should we not put? He still lives at home with his parents but will be moving to go [...]

What is the best way of finding and receiving government grants for a first time home buyer?

I’ve been searching the internet to try to find the best site or information on what government grants are right for me and the best way to recieve them. I recently went to a NGC (National Grants Conference) and I wasn’t comfortable giving them a thousand dollars just to give me information on how to [...]

Is mispelling one word in a scholarship application that bad?

I just entered for a scholarship, and I thought that I had everything spelled correctly (spell check, duh), but as it turns out, I spelled metonymy instead of monotony twice. Metonymy is a real word, but since the words are not similar at all, how much do you think it will affect my chances of [...]

What are some Goverment Grants and where can i obtain them?

Hello im looking for some Grants for collage and a car, where can i apply for them? Also can you tell me waht a Grant does/ How long it takes to get them / will i ever have to pay it back. There are no government grants for cars. However, there are government grants available [...]

How do student loans affect financial aid?

This year (freshman) all of my tuition is getting payed by government financial aid. However, I need money for other things like housing and credit cards. Will a student loan affect next year’s financial aid even if all of the money were spent? What kind of student loan would be better to get, private or [...]

How could a scholarship help a student reach their academic goals?

I have to answer this question on a scholarship form, but I have no idea what to write. Can you give me some general ideas that could help me? Any answers will be helpful, thanks! the key to this is to lie. seriously. say that it will help a person because if they can’t academically [...]

How is financial aid affected when your parents have been unemployed?

My mom has been a "stay at home mom" for a while now, but my dad was recently laid off from his job because the company closed it’s location here and technically went overseas. When applying for financial aid for thinks like studying abroad and college, how does that affect their decisions? He’s been out [...]

What do you think of scholarships and grants based on race?

I’m applying for college this fall and I’ve been applying for a bunch of scholarships and grants. Quite a few of the ones I’m finding are based on race,sexual orientation, etc. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I think it’s highly unfair. One in particular was a grant for a First Generation college [...]