Scholarship Tigers–Students Helping Each Other Find Money for College

Sept 30 is the deadline for the $10,000 Tide Scholarship

https://tide.com/en-us/our-commitment/back-to-school

$10,000 Tide Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024

Tide (and its parent company, Proctor and Gamble) are giving away 150 $10,000 scholarships. You do have to create an account and answer various questions to improve your chances, but no GPA is required.

When entering contests such as these, I highly recommend establishing an email address that you keep strictly for scholarships or contests.

Think of your TSU email address as a business email. Only use your TSU email address for school-related purposes or if a scholarship requires you to “authenticate” yourself. (This is mostly done by you having a legitimate college email address).

How to Avoid Scholarship and Financial Aid Scams

In order to avoid financial aid and scholarship scams, you can read this article from the Federal Trade Commission: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/how-avoid-scholarship-and-financial-aid-scams

Making Choices: Applying for Sept 30 Deadline Scholarships

If you go down and read some earlier Scholarship Tigers blog entries, you will see several scholarships with a September 30, 2024, deadline.

Up to $100,000 Dr. Pepper Tuition Giveaway, D: Sept 30, 2024

Up to $2,000 Direct Textbook Essay Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024

$3,000 Sttark “You Can’t Label People, but You Can Label Products” Essay & Label Design Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024

$1,000 Creative BioLabs Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024

$8,000 Regions Riding Forward Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024 for the Quarter 3 contest; Dec 31, 2024 for the Quarter 4 contest

$500 Courage to Grow Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024 and Monthly

$1,500 Shout It Out Scholarship, D: Sept 30, 2024

While today is Wednesday, September 25, you can still review several of the scholarships and then determine if you will try to submit something by the deadline.

Here are some simple guidelines:

1) It is better to submit than not submit at all. Your entry may not be the best, but you may still win and stand out. If you doubt yourself, then by submitting, you have won!

2) If you have time, you can make an appointment in the AARC Writing Center at TSU if you are a Tennessee State University student, faculty, staff, or alumni (details below) to help you brainstorm ideas or have a writing consultant review what you have written and give you suggestions on how to improve it.

On Elearn, you can learn about other tutoring possibilities to have others look over your scholarship entry.

3) If you have very little time because midterm week is upon us, you can schedule 5-, 10-, or 25-minute sessions for yourself where you look over or write toward a scholarship.

Scheduling time in the Writing Center just so that you focus on writing your scholarship essay or entry is another way to reserve time.

The Pomodoro Technique suggests setting aside 25 minutes to work on a task and then taking a 5-minute break. The Wikipedia article gives a good breakdown of how you can use this simple technique to help you get things done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique

I have used the Pomodoro Technique in 25-minute or 10-minute intervals to write blog entries for the Scholarship Tigers blog.

Writing Help at the AARC Writing Center at TSU for Scholarships or Any Writing Concern

As a Tennessee State University student or faculty/staff member, if you need help with scholarship applications, essays, or any other writing concern, know that the Academic Achievement and Retention Writing Center at Tennessee State University is here for you!

Fall 2024 hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm, 615.963.5102.

For online scheduling: http://mywco.com/tnstate

If you already have an account, log in and make an appointment.

If you don’t have an account, register for an account by clicking on “Register an Account” next to FIRST VISIT? and schedule your appointment!

For help with any writing concern including resumes, applications, or essays for scholarships or internships, you can sign up for any available writing consultant (Ms. Rhonda Kavan, Dr. Shiloh Carol, Ms. Lori Danley, Mr. Michael Turner).

If you need help with finding scholarships, you can choose Mr. Michael Turner or Ms. Lori Danley.

Post written by Michael Turner, the Scholarship specialist. You can reach Mr. Turner at mjturner@tnstate.edu.

Tags: college, education, financial aid, scholarship, scholarships

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