Show i 1 I. I p n THE t Scholarship s t 4 y I Book Ift ft if l a ar a z N Eo s r if I t tarn P 11 f i iM r t u i he t Q 1 1 t t. t r tl l L Dan Cassidy author of The Scholarship Book Maybe there is gold goldin in them there hills Ray Friess Contributing Writer EXT to surviving with at N NEXT least a passing grade in inthe inthe inthe the professor hells class the thing we as students students students stu stu- dents probably worry most about is finding enough money to enable us to try and survive another quarter Really Each time we fill out financial aid applications we probably hope some program hasn't been cut or tightened so we can spend one more hour studying and one less hour pleading cajoling threatening or on our knees begging the financial aid officer officer officer of of- the banker our parents rich relative and sometimes the Big Guy upstairs for that desperately needed money or that we can avoid mortgaging another year of our graduation after-graduation future Amidst all this mental flagellation comes word that each year there is some 66 billion that's billion with a aB aB aB B in private scholarships aid going unclaimed because we arent aren't aware its it's out there waiting to be asked for And some of it is not dependent on grades or fin financial need I hear you thinking Sure Next Ray will offer us prime real estate on the Great Salt Lake shores or the Brooklyn Bridge I was skeptical too until the other day when I opened a letter and was informed Id I'd been awarded one such scholarship According to Dan Cassidy author of The Scholarship Book there are about sources of scholarships and loans available available available avail- avail able for undergraduates and graduates much from the ther r private sector and some almost almost almost al- al most free for the asking Cassidy's company compiled these sources and does a computer search based on I your studies likes hobbies ancestry and a lot of other things You write for applications applications applications and go from there For almost any physical characteristic characteristic characteristic charac charac- ancestry or field of study there is likely a scholarship scholarship scholarship scholar scholar- ship fellowship or loan avail avail- able They run anywhere from to per person from the very serious to the very funny Some examples examples examples ex ex- ex- ex amples of the unique ones If youre you're a woman studying studying studying study study- ing and like flying and helicopters theres there's a scholarship just for you If your ancestry includes a Civil War soldier or a signer of the Declaration of Independence Independence Independence Inde Inde- theres there's a few thousand available Are you studying fungus Theres There's money If your parents are into harness racing you could qualify for fot Are you left-handed left Theres There's a scholarship If your last name is Anderson Murphy Baxendale Baxendale Baxendale dale Borden Bright Downer or theres there's money available just for you David Letterman has set up a scholarship one of many not depending on your I It t Studying in the funeral service or funeral education fields Bury your worries with witha a grant of up to five grand Study parapsychology and apply for a scholarship Not now and never have been a communist Theres There's a writing grant Been a golf course caddy Theres There's money Grapes If youre you're studying wine making or grapes you youcan youcan youcan can apply for up to Cassidy himself received in scholarships in two years My sJ skepticism ended last week with money for my journalism studies |