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Imagine America Scholarships are available to students attending career and technical colleges. Ask your financial aid director.
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Scholarship Scams
From the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Education
Scholarship search services and financial aid advice services are common these days. Unfortunately, too many of these for-profit companies charge high rates to provide information that can be found elsewhere for free. To read more, click here.
Spotting Online Scholarship Scams
Fraudulent scholarships can take many forms: some of the most common types of scholarship scams include scholarship for profit and guaranteed scholarship search scams. The first type charges an application fee for scholarships that never materialize or are less than advertised, or disburses less money in the scholarship than is received from application fees. The second type charges a fee to match student information against databases of scholarships and guarantees that the student will actually receive money...
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Can You Spot a College Scholarship Scam? Be a Smart Consumer
Scholarships are an attractive way to help manage college costs. You won't have to repay them (like loans) or work to maintain them (like work-study). Since students and parents are so eager to find these funds, it's no wonder that they become easy targets for financial aid con artists...
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