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Aviation scholarships!: Your #1 guide to financial assistance for college and flight training

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At first glance this book offers everything an aviation student could ask for in the never-ending quest for educational funds. It has good worksheets, and breaks down the scholarships by majors. But as the saying goes, "The proof is in the pudding". I spent a recent Sunday afternoon cataloging all the grants and scholarships that I could potentially qualify for. I totaled 30 in the end. Not a bad number, and if only 1 or 2 pan out it would more than justify the effort. However, within a week I started receiving replies. It turns out a great deal of these are extremely conditional or have non existent addresses. To be fair, this type of problem is mentioned in the disclaimer, but I get the impression the author did relatively little background research on the actual qualifications. As an example, a recent reply form a foundation listed the qualifications as "student must be domiciled in Whales". The book simply lists the qualifications as "Availability and financial need". While I can't allow one bad apple to spoil the whole bunch, when I receive letter after letter with similar themes, you have to wonder about the attention to detail. The bottom line is: If your in need of some good work sheets and don't mind chasing red herrings, this book would be a good place to start your search. Otherwise check into other titles and perhaps the author will put out an updated 3rd addition with more detailed information.

Aviation Scholarships! is the best book on this subject that I have read. It is complete, accurate and up-to-date where many scholarship guides are incomplete. Mr. Hines does a nice job organizing the book into sections for easy identifcation of the scholarships that fit your unique situation. Basically, the book takes all the work out of finding scholarship sources. I recommend this book all the time.