If you are a business major, your best bet for finding a grant is if you are a minority or disabled in some way. However, if you don’t fit this category, there is grant money for business needs, you just need to make some creative arrangements with a nonprofit who can work with you on getting the grant. This will give you a lot better chance to get grant money than if you try to apply for a business related grant yourself.
Also, grants for education are very common, whether they are business grants or not.
UPDATE: read the blog comments, there are some great answers to this persons question!
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
I need help paying for school and im not finding any grants for business majors! this is hard trying to find free money! does anyone know of any sites i can go to?
I would reccommend contacting your school’s financial aid department. They might know of local scholarships or scholarships restricted to certain schools. These are the ones you are more likely to get (provided you have good grades and/or meet other criteria).
National scholarships are difficult to get because they are highly competitive. Unless you have an amazing GPA and test scores I wouldn’t recommend spending your time on those. Although local scholarships are smaller they can add up. I only got scholarships given directly by my college (funded by alumni) but they helped!
You will likely have to take some student loans though. If you are not able to get government student loans be VERY careful when choosing a loan provider. Read all the information and ask lots of questions (what if I get ill and can’t finish school, what if i take a semester off to work…etc). Also look into information about loan consolidation. I know the laws are changing soon and I’m not sure how that would affect a new loan recipient.
Good luck finding money for school! It’s not “free” because you often work hard to earn the scholarships and hard to keep them (most require you to maintain a minimum GPA). Best wishes on your business degree!
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October 12, 2008 at 12:48 am
I would reccommend contacting your school's financial aid department. They might know of local scholarships or scholarships restricted to certain schools. These are the ones you are more likely to get (provided you have good grades and/or meet other criteria).
National scholarships are difficult to get because they are highly competitive. Unless you have an amazing GPA and test scores I wouldn't recommend spending your time on those. Although local scholarships are smaller they can add up. I only got scholarships given directly by my college (funded by alumni) but they helped!
You will likely have to take some student loans though. If you are not able to get government student loans be VERY careful when choosing a loan provider. Read all the information and ask lots of questions (what if I get ill and can't finish school, what if i take a semester off to work…etc). Also look into information about loan consolidation. I know the laws are changing soon and I'm not sure how that would affect a new loan recipient.
Good luck finding money for school! It's not "free" because you often work hard to earn the scholarships and hard to keep them (most require you to maintain a minimum GPA). Best wishes on your business degree!
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4 year college graduate with student loans (after scholarships)
