| As compelling as it may be to
pay someone to do a scholarship search for you, most financial aid administrators will
strongly discourage you from doing so. Furthermore, despite the extensive
advertising (flyers on campus bulletin boards and promotional materials in bookstore
bags), Santa Monica College by no means supports or endorses any, "Scholarship Search
Organizations." There is really no secret network of information that is
solely available to the "scholarship search agencies" that "guarantee"
scholarship monies. In fact, there are many free scholarship searches that you can
conduct right on the Internet.
Check out the Fastweb
or Salliemae
websites. When you are on campus, drop by the
Scholarship Office we have some scholarship resource books. The office is located in
Technology Building 310A- hours are Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.(during peak
times, office hours may change).
A comprehensive Scam Alert
has
some instructions on how to protect yourself from becoming their next victim, it follows
this page.
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