Scholarship Watch

Please also check our Summer Programs page for educational programs available to high school students.

WCHS students may take advantage of Fastweb free scholarship search. This is a website commited to helping students find money for higher education. See Mrs. Allen for a free bookmark that lists top 10 scholarship tips as well as great web resources.

Juniors: Verizon Future Leaders Scholarships Verizon and the Massachusetts Amateur Foundation every year award six $2,000 scholarships to Bay State Games participants, which includes two from our area, Region 3 (Central/West). To qualify, applicants must be a junior at any Massachusetts secondary school as of the 2007-08 academic year; be registered and agree to participate in the 2008 Bay State Winter Games or Summer Games at every level for which he/she qualifies (tryouts, qualifiers, finals). You do not need to make the Finals or be on a Final Roster to qualify. For details on the application process, please see Mrs. Allen. The entry deadline is Wednesday, June 11, 2008.

Nelnet Scholarship Drawing. Nelnet, an education planning and financing company, each year awards scholarships to deserving students. This school year their national program will help pay college expenses for 760 students. There is no essay required to enter or win and all winners are randomly selected from all on-line entries. Ten grand prizes of $25,000 will be awarded to cover one year of undergraduate college costs. 750 first prizes of $1,000 scholarships for undergraduate education costs will also be awarded. For entry details, visit the website. Drawings are held monthly through August 2008.

2008 FIRST Robotics Scholarships More than 90 schools and organizations across the country are offering scholarships ranging from $500 to full tuition to FIRST Robotics Competition students. Nearly $9 million in scholarship funding is offered from schools including WPI, Florida Institute of Technology, ITT Technical Institute and Boston University to study engineering, computer science, technology, science, math and other disciplines. Some scholarships are for academic achievements and others are for participating on a FIRST team. Some scholarships are available for juniors, others for seniors. Check the FIRST website frequently for updated scholarship listings.

RSP Tuition Break for New England Residents – The New England Board of Higher Education’s Tuition Break Program (the New England Regional Student Program, RSP, sometimes nicknamed “the Apple program”) provides a discount on tuition to New England residents when they enroll in approved degree programs at out-of-state public colleges and universities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. New England’s 81 public colleges and universities participate in the RSP Tuition Break Program. In academic year 2006-07, more than 8,200 New England students were enrolled in the RSP Tuition Break and saved more than $46 million on their annual tuition bills. Participating students enrolled on a full-time basis each saved an average of $7,000 on their 2006-07 annual tuition bills. The RSP enables the six New England states to expand educational opportunities for their residents, while avoiding duplication of costly academic programs. Visit their website to download portions of the annual catalog and for state-specific and institution-specific information searches. At that site, you may: select a New England state and get a list of Tuition Break programs approved for its residents; select a participating campus and get a list of its Tuition Break programs; and get contact information for participating campuses.

AnyCollege.com Scholarship Drawings – WCHS is a member of the college search engine anycollege.com, which offers a members-only $1,000 scholarship randomly drawn twice a year. In addition, the website awards $2,000 scholarships four times a year to be used during a student’s first year at college. All high school and transfer students are eligible. To enter, sign up by going to their website and click on the “Win a Scholarship” link. The remaining deadline for the scholarship is Jun. 30, 2008.