Scholarships for High School Freshmen: where to find

Scholarships for High School Freshmen are definitely not easy to find. Therefore, as a freshman you will need to be willing to put a lot of time and research into finding scholarships that are available for you. Here is some advice on how to find the best available scholarships for high school freshmen.

Most local scholarships are generally available to high school seniors only, but it won’t hurt as a freshman to see if any are available to you. See what local businesses and organizations offer scholarships, and if any offer scholarships for high school freshmen. Even if you have bad luck, once you are a senior in high school, you will not need to do the research then, but will already know where to apply for local scholarships.

Most scholarships for high school freshmen can generally be found online, as they are often offered on a national or state level. So go to one of the big scholarship directories online, and narrow the criteria to scholarships for high school freshmen only. You will be eligible for all of the scholarships that result from this search, so then you can begin figuring out which ones you would like to apply for. These scholarships will generally not be based on major (since most high school freshmen generally do not know what they for sure want to do yet), but can be based on anything from gender, to race, to extracurricular interests (anything from clubs that are involved in to hobbies that you may have). Some scholarships are based on creativity, where applicants may have to make some sort of video or create a work of art. You should also expect to have to write essays for most of these scholarships.