Will maintain high GPA for $ for college

October 5, 2008 6:07 PM

I'm a permanent resident in the U.S., not citizen, looking to find some scholarship money to help with financing my degree. This is my second year in college so entrance scholarships are out of the question.

I'm a Canadian citizen, independent (married), live and work and go to college in the U.S.

I have an exceptional GPA and the problem I keep running into with most small, local scholarships is they want to know what US high school I attended as well as my scores for SAT etc (I never had to take SAT or any entrance tests, I transferred straight from a Canadian university)

Any suggestions on where I can find merit-based scholarships for US students who aren't citizens?

Fastweb and equivalently spammy websites aren't helping too much :(

posted by icarus to Education (4 answers total)

Best answer: Could you write to the sponsors of small, local scholarships explaining the situation and offering your college GPA as an alternative to the SAT?
posted by Solon and Thanks at 6:20 PM on October 5, 2008

Best answer: Ask your school's financial aid office! I am a Bulgarian citizen, a permanent U.S. resident, and found the help of the staff immensely helpful. Check out Penn State's scholarship search, for example. Seriously, there are people at your college who get paid to answer questions like yours.

Also, make sure to look into undergraduate fellowships; there are loads of people who would love to give you money to do independent research. There are opportunities for everyone out there, from senior bioengineers to sophomore cognitive science majors to junior history majors with a thing for Medieval empires (I am an undergrad currently getting paid to study phages).
posted by halogen at 8:08 PM on October 5, 2008

Best answer: Working link.
posted by halogen at 8:09 PM on October 5, 2008

Response by poster: Thank you!
posted by icarus at 9:16 PM on October 5, 2008