Avoid Scholarship Scams

Scholarship facts:

• you need to start early to find all available scholarships. Check your field of study, ethnic background, social and religious affiliations, parent's employment, family club memberships, and local businesses and clubs.
  
  
• beware of potential scholarship scams. A general rule to follow is, "if the scholarship requests money from you in order to get money", they are likely a scam:
  
  detecting/reporting scholarship scams:
  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/
  
  more information on detecting scholarship scams:
  http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/scams.phtml