Sources of Money 14: Adventures in Education, a List, Not a Search Engine

Tuesdays we review a source of financial aid available to help pay for college
Katie used several scholarship search engines to identify possibilities for financial aid. Her lists generated more than 500 options. Unfortunately, many of the results from the search engines seemed to duplicate one another. In addition, many of the scholarships listed proved to be contests, surveys, and worthless scams. Her discouragement almost caused her to stop looking. However, when she persisted and eliminated the duplicates, contests, and useless options; she found she still qualified for 95+.

Advantages of TG’s Adventures in Education

You will find Adventures in Education at http://www.aie.org/College/Scholarships/index.cfm. TG, who sponsors the site, states “Our vision is to be the premier provider of information, products, and services to help students and families realize their education and career dreams.” TG is a nonprofit organization founded in Texas in 1979. Their web site states “TG offers resources to help students and families plan and prepare for college, learn the basics of money management, and repay their federal student loans.”
Adventures in Education offers several advantages:

• A quick search feature of 15,000 scholarships
• You may search for scholarships based on keyword, exact phrases, words in the name
• They provide a list of frequently searched words that you can click to search
• You may use the advance search to include demographic information about yourself
• You may browse the entire list of scholarships for the following information:
  • Title and summary information about the scholarship
  • Minimum, maximum, and average award given
  • Deadline details
  • Information about the sponsor: name, address, phone, email, & web site
  • Number of awards, minimum, and maximum
  • Award type: scholarship, grant, essay, or other

In addition, the web site offers:

• Articles, videos, and testimonials about all types of financial aid
• How to organize to find more scholarships
• Financial aid calculators
• FAFSA assistance, guidance, special information, and college comparison charts

Disadvantages of TG’s Adventures in Education

The only disadvantage we found was the amount of work you must do yourself without assistance of profiles or filters.
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