Scholarships are offered in

3 levels

• National:  www.fastweb.com and ScholarshipHunter.com may be the best source for national scholarships.

• University:  Colleges and universities offer many scholarships. Contact the school you will attend to get a printout of offerings and important deadline dates. Many of these scholarships continue to grant aid throughout your college career.

• Local: These are the scholarships with which the DHS Scholarship Office can help you. Register with the Office during your senior year.

Generally speaking, groups offering scholarships look at a number of qualifications in their applicants:

• Rigor of course load

 

• Grade point average

 

• Community service

 

• Extra-curricular involvement

To fill out your FAFSA form, go to www.fafsa.ed.gov

What every parent should know…

…Douglas High School does not give scholarship money.  Local donors select their recipients. It is their money and their choice. These local organizations use their own selection processes. The Scholarship Office serves only to coordinate applicants and donors.

…The DHS Scholarship Committee (when asked by donors) will simply narrow, using the donors’ specified criteria, all of the applicants to a manageable number which will then be forwarded to the donors, who will ultimately review and make their selection.

…The Scholarship Committee is comprised of representatives from each department at DHS as well as from Administration.

… The scholarship process is an active, competitive one.

…There are no guarantees.

… Registered students are e-mailed a monthly bulletin; later in the year, there will also be periodic updates, as offerings and deadlines begin coming in more quickly. E-mail is the primary means of communication. If e-mail is unavailable, printed copies of the bulletin are posted in classrooms and are available in the scholarship office.

…It is the student’s responsibility to apply, to guarantee accuracy and

completeness of his/her scholarship application, to make copies of

Common Application Packets and to turn materials in by deadlines.

… It never hurts to apply. Nothing ventured; nothing gained.