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[quote=Anonymous]Everyone says the really small ones add up, but the time spent chasing each individual scholarship ultimately didn’t feel worth the effort for us. For families where $500-$1000 can make a difference between going or not, their student is probably getting tons of need-based aid anyway. We are not one of those families but not rich, and my child ended up able to make more money at an actual job compared to the hours spent on applications and interviews and award ceremonies. You also need to be aware of the time commitment on the backend of receiving these scholarships. It is totally fair and also rewarding to go to a rotary club meeting to receive the scholarship and meet everyone, but it you’ve been fortunate enough to receive a few of these it can become really stressful to squeeze all of the events into spring of senior year. Some orgs also expect you to return over breaks or to future years’ ceremonies, so it becomes a big time commitment relative to the actual award amount.

It might be more valuable and realistic to treat scholarships as networking and community building tools vs. financial instruments.[/quote]

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