Comments on: My First Blog Post http://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/blog/2007/01/my-first-blog-post/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Matt Brattin http://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/blog/2007/01/my-first-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Matt Brattin Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:31:24 +0000 http://www.internationalstudent.com/studyabroad/blog/archives/11#comment-147 I must apologize that it has taken so long for me to respond to this comment. For whatever reason, I don't believe it had previously appeared. Nonetheless, I will certainly go into further detail on this issue in my next two posts, as I will hopefully have the blog up to speed. In the meantime, I will say that Google searches led me to FastWeb.com and InternationalScholarships.com (how I found this site) among other helpful resources. Another "trick" I discovered is going to the financial aid section of various university websites and seeing what "general" scholarships are available to students - these are often open to anyone. At this point, besides the JKC scholarship, I have applied for only one other merit based scholarship. This one is offered directly from ESADE and offers up to 20% off of tuition. Soon I will likely begin applying for the smaller awards, but up until now these larger awards have taken the bulk of my time. I would advise anyone seeking funding for an exchange or full-time program to first contact your university and/or the host university's financial aid office and ask about scholarships available specifically for international/exchange students. From here, FastWeb.com and InternationalScholarships.com are both great sites to paroose potential awards. Hope this is helpful! I must apologize that it has taken so long for me to respond to this comment. For whatever reason, I don’t believe it had previously appeared. Nonetheless, I will certainly go into further detail on this issue in my next two posts, as I will hopefully have the blog up to speed.

In the meantime, I will say that Google searches led me to FastWeb.com and InternationalScholarships.com (how I found this site) among other helpful resources. Another “trick” I discovered is going to the financial aid section of various university websites and seeing what “general” scholarships are available to students – these are often open to anyone.

At this point, besides the JKC scholarship, I have applied for only one other merit based scholarship. This one is offered directly from ESADE and offers up to 20% off of tuition. Soon I will likely begin applying for the smaller awards, but up until now these larger awards have taken the bulk of my time.

I would advise anyone seeking funding for an exchange or full-time program to first contact your university and/or the host university’s financial aid office and ask about scholarships available specifically for international/exchange students. From here, FastWeb.com and InternationalScholarships.com are both great sites to paroose potential awards. Hope this is helpful!

]]> By: Keith http://www.internationalstudent.com/study-abroad/blog/2007/01/my-first-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Keith Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:45:30 +0000 http://www.internationalstudent.com/studyabroad/blog/archives/11#comment-5 Besides the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation graduate scholarship, have you found any other scholarships that look promising, or any other good resources for researching scholarships for study abroad? Besides the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation graduate scholarship, have you found any other scholarships that look promising, or any other good resources for researching scholarships for study abroad?

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