Test Your Knowledge: Scholarships and Grants

Summary: This quick quiz helps you rate your knowledge of Financial Aid.

Interactive Quiz: Under 2 minutes

Who this is for: Juniors, Seniors and Parents

Did you get the main messages from this section? Test yourself to find out…

Choose the most accurate answer.

Which of the following is FALSE?

Many students wish they had spent more time in the fall and winter looking for scholarships.

There are a lot of scams in the scholarship search business, so you should avoid anyone asking you to pay for these services or to provide them with your personal information.

Colleges don’t generally give scholarships or grants.

Savings you build up from working a job can help pay some of your college costs.

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Scholarships and grants may be given for which of the following reasons?

You have good grades and/or test scores.

You have a special talent or skill (sports, art, science awards).

You have a characteristic that the scholarship provider is looking for: (like veteran, active community service, first generation or minority).

You are from the local community.

You have financial need.

All of the above.

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Which of these is NOT taken from a real scholarship site?

“Fill out the following form with your contact details and a unique soup recipe. “

“Essay: How do you see AI and automation evolving to help us as a society?”

“Essay on “Clean home – clean life”

“Essay on how drunk driving has impacted applicant's life”

“Applicants must link to us on their social media sites”

“Essay: “What my dog means to me”

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State governments give out scholarships for which of the following reasons?

If the student comes from a low income family

If the student agrees to attend a school in the state

If the student agrees to work in the state after graduation

If the student agrees to make certain career training choices

All of the above

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This quick quiz tests your smarts about scholarships and grants.