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Hi all! It is time for your new scholarships alert! I have a few big ones to tell you about this week!

The first new scholarship that I want to tell you about is the Discus Awards Program. The Discus Awards is a high school awards program that focuses on the well-rounded student. They program awards a $2,000 scholarship at the end of every month from September to June. They also recognize students for their notable achievements.

The second scholarship I have for you is the Charley Wootan Grant Program. This program was established to provide assistance to students who have difficulties pursuing their higher education dreams. The program offers grants ranging from $1,000 to $4,394 to qualified undergraduate students. Charley Wootan grants are awarded for only one year, but recipients will be encouraged to reapply in subsequent years provided eligibility requirements are met.

The final scholarship I have to tell you about is the ASCO Numatics Scholarship program for engineering students. ASCO Numatics, a division of Emerson, has been the world’s leading manufacturer of comprehensive flow control and pneumatics solutions for over 100 years. ASCO Numatics will award two $5,000 scholarships to US engineering students who are pursuing careers in industrial automation-related disciplines.

From time to time we here at ScholarshipPoints like to see what our member are up to. Recently we asked you which social networking site you use the most. We thought you might like to see the results. There was an overwhelming winner! 82% of you said that you use Facebook the most!

11% of you said that you use MySpace the most and only 3% of you use Twitter the most. What about the “other” 4%? What social network are they using?We would love to know what you think about this. Do you think these results are an accurate representation? Share your thoughts below!

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Hello there scholarship seekers! Here is a New Scholarships Alert to get your week going. I have some good ones for you today!

The first item I have to share is a group of scholarships and fellowships from the AISC Education Foundation. University juniors, seniors, and graduate students in civil and architectural engineering are invited to apply for AISC Scholarships and Fellowships for the 2010-2011 academic year. They are giving away more than $75,000 so if you fit the bill this is definitely one to look into.

The second scholarship I have to share is the Aramark Scholarship. Aramark Scholarship are established and donated by the IUP food service contractor. They will be awarding five $1,000 on-campus scholarships, five $1,000 off-campus scholarships, and five meal contract scholarships.

The final scholarship I have for you today comes from American Indian Services. The American Indian Services gives out scholarships to students who are at leadt one-quarter Northern-Native American Indian Blood and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.25.

That is all for now! Don’t forget to check out the other scholarship drawings on ScholarshipPoints.com including the April $1,000 Free College Scholarship and the June $10,000 Scholarship Drawing!

If you missed Part 1 find it here!

When searching for scholarships it is important to remember that there are scholarships for everyone. Scholarships are not just for valedictorians, star athletes or prodigy musicians. There are scholarships for people with all academic abilities, talents and hobbies.

So where do you find these scholarships?

StudentScholarshipSearch.com is one website that can help you find scholarships that you qualify for. There are new scholarships on the site every day. You can search for scholarships by specific keywords, or just browse until you find ones that interest you.

The summer is also a great time to put together a scholarship calendar. Not every scholarship contest will be open for submissions during the summer. In fact, many scholarship deadlines fall in April, May and June and are awarded in time for the following school year. If you missed the boat on a scholarship that you think you might have had a chance of winning, put the call for entries date and the deadline on your calendar for the following year.

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You may have noticed that ScholarshipPoints is close to reaching a gigantic milestone. We are only weeks away from signing up our one millionth member! A milestone like this deserves a celebration, right? When we reach one million members we will be giving away three brand new iPads to three randomly selected ScholarshipPoints members! How is that for a celebration?

How can you become eligible to win one of the three iPads? Stay active on ScholarshipPoints! In order to be eligible to win one of the iPads you need to earn at least 100 points in the month of April or the month of May.

If you think you have already done all of the scholarship point activities and there is no way you will earn 100 points in the month of April or May, here are some ideas:

• Refer just four friends to ScholarshipPoints and you can earn 120 scholarship points.
• Follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook and receive scholarship point codes you will only see on those sites.
• Get a start on searching for a summer internship, earn 250 scholarship points and a chance at a $2,500 scholarship.
• Take a consumer research survey and earn 100 scholarship points PLUS a chance at a $1,000 scholarship.

The best part is that the scholarship points you earn will not go to waste. You can enter them into the June 15th $10,000 scholarship drawing or any of our monthly scholarship drawings. We are giving away $7,000 in May so there are a ton of chances for you to win.

To get you started on your way to 100 points login now and redeem the code WINANIPAD, for 25 scholarship points. There are a lot of exciting things happening with ScholarshipPoints! Good luck to everyone and thank you for your continued participation!

In case you missed it yesterday, the March 2010 scholarship winners have been posted on our site! We announced four $1,000 scholarship winners. Are you one of the lucky four? Head over to the winner’s page now to find out!

If you find out that you didn’t win in March, there are plenty of chances to win in April. In fact, we are giving away $7,500 this month! Login now to enter April’s $1,000, one of April’s sponsored scholarships, or start earning points to enter into the next $10,000 scholarship drawing to be held on June 15th!

Good luck!

For college students, summer vacation is well known as a time to see old friends, relax and recharge, and make money for the upcoming school year. Most students use this time to completely forget about the stresses of college life, but others use summer break as a time to do some of the college-related activities generally set aside during the academic year. Searching for scholarships is one of those activities.

If you are, or have ever been, a college student, you know how crazy a schedule can get with classes, papers, exams, and other activities. Even thinking about applying for scholarships is usually out of the question. With more free time than at any other point in the school year, summer break gives students a great opportunity to search and apply for scholarships. Scholarship searching can be extremely time consuming, but spreading the process out over an entire summer will make it much less overwhelming.

No one should have to make searching for scholarships a full time job during their summer vacation, but here are a few ways to make the most of your summer scholarship search:

1: Set aside some time each day: If you spend an hour a day searching for scholarships, that is seven hours a week and as many as 100 hours total for the summer. Just think about how many applications you could submit in that amount of time!

2: Submit only high quality applications: Take your time on applications and make sure you have all of your application pieces (essays, transcript etc.) together before you submit it. Do not waste your time submitting an application that you are not confident about.

3: Use your community resources: The Internet is not the only place to search for scholarships. There could be thousands of dollars worth of scholarships in your back yard. Many town organizations, churches and businesses give out scholarships every year. Use your summer vacation go make connections with these groups.

Stay tuned for part 2 to learn what else you can do to maximize your summer scholarship search!

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