The Scholarship Book: The Complete Guide to Private-Sector Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Loans for the Undergraduate (Scholarship Books) [Paperback]

Daniel J. Cassidy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Scholarship Books | Publication Date: July 31, 2000

The ultimate directory to thousands of scholarships for undergraduates has sold more than 1 million copies. No student or parent can afford to overlook these financial opportunities. To offset staggering education costs, nearly all students today need assistance. Over half of college financial aid comes from the private sector. From the world's largest private-sector financial aid database, Cassidy identifies: 4,000 private-sector scholarship sources 400,000 private-sector awards worth over 2 billion dollars Awards up to 40,000 per year Specific tuition savers and advice for how to apply

In competing for valuable college aid, this guide provides a distinct advantage over the others. Cassidy offers solid data on the benefits of private-sector scholarships from earning multiple scholarships to which scholarships are renewable year-to-year. Organized in an easy-to-find format, The Scholarship Book 2001 makes the overwhelming world of private-sector funding manageable and beneficial to all types of students, regardless of grades, financial status, or school attending.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dan Cassidy is the President of National Scholarship Research Service and the author of The Scholarship Book for over 15 years. He has appeared on Larry King Live, ABC News, Good Morning America, CNBC, CNN and others. He lives in San Rafael, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 537 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press (July 31, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073520165X
• ISBN-13: 978-0735201651
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,541,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, December 1, 2000

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Miles Bowler (Sugar Hill, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Scholarship Book: The Complete Guide to Private-Sector Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Loans for the Undergraduate (Scholarship Books) (Paperback)

I bought this to try to find something to help us send my son to Georgia Tech for Architecture. Out of all the sections I looked at, (which included Retired Navy, Resident of Georgia, Boy Scouts of America, Religious Affiliation and Architecture) I found ONE listing that even came close to what we're looking for. I would have been better to have been a gay, blind, black woman, from New York, looking for a career in journalism. I'd have found THOUSANDS of listings for this. I'm afraid I feel ripped off here, guys.

5.0 out of 5 stars U take the Good with the Bad!!!, October 10, 2003

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A. Zustra "explorer" (APO, AE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Scholarship Book: The Complete Guide to Private-Sector Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Loans for the Undergraduate (Scholarship Books) (Paperback)

This book as a lot of good qualities and some bad too. The bad one was that it does take awhile to go through all the scholarship programs. Plus a lof of them repeated themselves in each catorgory. So you waste your time as you are going through the numbes.

Good note is that this books as like 5,000 scholarship keeping in mind of the doubles/triples of a quite a few of the awards. Catagories are within from state, to nationality, to what you want to major in, race, sex etc! So it covers just about everything!!!

Granted nothing is totally free! You have to work a little to receive the money. Either sending a SASE with some basic info. about yourself. But even the FAFSA isn't totally easy on filling out all that paper work either! So if you receive that award then you know what I am talking about.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth The Money, August 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Scholarship Book: The Complete Guide to Private-Sector Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Loans for the Undergraduate (Scholarship Books) (Paperback)

Lot of great ideas on how to send three kids to college