The websites below are legitimate scholarship sites that you can access to apply for scholarships. No matter what your grades are, level of experience or the type of degree your attaining, or college you plan to attend, there’s a scholarship for everyone.

Billions of dollars are available in scholarship opportunities, but just a portion of it is actually awarded per year. The biggest reason is that not enough apply.

Come back again for a step by step guide on tips and tricks for applying for the best scholarships, in the best way. I’ll provide you with some great clues on what to look for in scholarships and how to apply in order to get the best results.

Take a look at these sites. I went through them myself and found them to be legitimate and pretty comprehensive.

Some of these sites require you to create a profile and have a USERNAME and PASSWORD. Use the same username and password for all profiles your creating. These profile websites are great because they look for the scholarships for you, and send you email updates on new scholarships that are announced and deadline dates.

www.Back2college.com – aid and resources for re-entry students

www.Blackexcel.org – federal scholarships aid gateways and 25 scholarship gateways

www.Brokescholar.com – will match your profile against thousands of available scholarships

www.Clubscholarship.com – part of the collegiate funding.com network and lists more than 500,000 awards

www.Collegeboard.com – offers a database with over 2,300 sources of funding

www.Collegeanswer.com – offers free scholarship searches

www.Collegescholarships.com – provides scholarship searches and personalized scholarship application assistance

www.Collegeview.com – another free online scholarship search engine

www.Gocollege.com – has over 600,000 scholarships with over 8,000 funding sources

www.Fastweb.com – will match profile against thousands of scholarships throughout the year

www.Fastaid.com – says they are the oldest and largest free scholarship search engines

www.Hispanicscholarship.com – maintains database of scholarships for Hispanic students

www.Nextstudent.com – offers free scholarship search, student loans and loan counseling

www.Scholarshipexperts.com – free online search engine of thousands of scholarships available

www.Scholarships.com – another free scholarship search engine

www.Studentawards.com – contains both U.S. and Canadian scholarship databases

www.Supercollege.com – another substantial free scholarship search engine

 Remember to check back here for the latest and greatest on tips and guidelines you NEED when applying for scholarships.

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Keith Lipke is a careers and college recruiter, coach, mentor and blogger at The Hope Chest. His passion is to educate, inspire, and give hope to young people who need it upon their search for the right career and college.