College Planning Tasks: week of March 16

March is scholarship essay completion time
Many scholarships will require an essay for consideration. Get help reviewing your essay from experts:

• Scholarship essay resources:
  EssayEdge.com

There are plenty of scholarships available.
So do your research:

• begin your search for over $24.3 billion
  worth of scholarships and grants in one location

Beware of potential scholarship scams:
there are unscrupulous web sites and email campaigns that are trying to get your money. A general rule to follow is,

“if they request money from you in order to get money”,

they are likely a scam:

Detecting/reporting scholarship scams:

• from the FTC:
  information about scholarship scams. PDF file available for download.
  www.ftc.gov