What do I need to get a Scholarship for College?

Talk with the financial aid office at your school, or, if you are in high school, talk to the guidance counselors. They are there to help. They should also have information on scholarships that you can apply for. Also, there are free websites such as fastweb.com that create a list of scholarships that you may qualify for. Don't fall for one that charges you! Different scholarships look for different things such as gpa, sat scores, extra curricular activities, work experience, volunteer work, etc. Also, some scholarships are essay contests. Also, colleges that you get into will likely offer you some amount of money as a scholarship if you meet certain requirements. Good luck finding some scholarships!

Well, it depends on the scholarship. If all you want is to say that you have a scholarship, and a couple of hundred dollars would do, there are a lot of small scholarships available for all kinds of reasons - your parents might work for a particular company, or you are from a certain town, or you won a contest, etc. If you want the scholarship to pay for your entire education, on the other hand, you would need to be an outstanding student, probably in financial need, or maybe an outstanding athlete. The trouble is that very few students are in college on full scholarships. The good news, though, is that there are a lot of other forms of financial aid besides scholarships.