{"id":332,"date":"2022-06-24T08:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2022-09-13T06:22:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T13:22:05","slug":"scholarship-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/students\/high-school-beyond\/scholarship-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scholarship are gifts.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t need to be repaid. \u00a0Students are encouraged to apply for national, state, regional and community scholarships.\u00a0 There are thousands of them, offered by colleges, employers, individuals, private companies, nonprofits, ethnic groups, religious groups, and professional and social organizations. \u00a0Scholarships are awarded based on merit, ethnic background, community service, leadership, school activities and personal interests. \u00a0Colleges often offer scholarship money.\u00a0 Check out the financial aid office from the colleges you are applying to.\u00a0 Make sure you talk to college representatives, admission counselors and specific departments in the college (e.g. music, biology departments).\u00a0 Sometimes the application for scholarships may be different from the admission applications.\u00a0\u00a0<br><br><strong>SCHOLARSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check back often as scholarship are updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loom.com\/share\/24d1608d56b84818800f77eafb0faffd\" target=\"_blank\">Scholarship 101 Resource of helpful hints and tips<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thewashboard.org\/\">Washboard (State database) thewashboard.org<\/a><br>Scholarships listed on the WashBoard.org are diverse and support a wide variety of student interests and accomplishments.&nbsp;&nbsp;Over half of the scholarships are not based on financial need.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many of the scholarships listed are renewable, which means you may be eligible for continued scholarship funding as you continue your educations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WashBoard.org in a nutshell &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Free web-based resource for Washington students attending college in and outside of Washington.<\/li><li>Students\u2019 private information is kept confidential<\/li><li>Helps students quickly identify scholarship for which they are eligible by showing only those scholarship opportunities that match their profile data<\/li><li>Web-based, so it can be used at school, at the library or at home<\/li><li>Serves all&nbsp;&nbsp;ages of students, from middle school through college and into graduate school&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How it works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to theWashBoard.org&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Complete your student profile&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Explore Scholarships that match your profile<\/li><li>Apply and submit your application either by mail, website, or by using the WashBoard.org as the electronic application host by the due date<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fastweb<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This platform is very similar to Washboard, in that you create a profile and it matches you to scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastweb.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fastweb.com\/\">https:\/\/www.fastweb.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note:\u00a0Some scholarship organizations ask schools to nominate one student for their scholarship. \u00a0LHS is a large public high school &#8211; students interested in being considered for a scholarship opportunity that require a nomination need to bring a current high school resume highlighting their leadership, community service and high school coursework to the High School and Beyond Center. Based on the scholarship criteria LHS will select the best qualified student to nominate (selected students need to follow through on all application details). \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholarship are gifts.\u00a0 They don&#8217;t need to be repaid. \u00a0Students are encouraged to apply for national, state, regional and community scholarships.\u00a0 There are thousands of them, offered by colleges, employers,&nbsp;&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/students\/high-school-beyond\/scholarship-resources\/\">Read&nbsp;More&nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":340,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-332","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Lynden High School","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":841,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions\/841"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyndenschools.wp.eresources.ws\/lynden-high-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}