Scholarship Search Sites Part 1

Bonsoir everyone,

Since I'm still up searching for scholarships to apply for for next term I thought I'd give you the scoop on two scholarship database sites, Zinch and Cappex.

Zinch is an ok search engine, but it definately has its flaws. Like most sites, it tries to match you with scholarships based on your GPA, interests and major. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem very picky about location. Even though I specified that I currently attend, and intend on finishing my degree, at WIU it still gives me scholarship results for Berkely, Ol' Mis, etc.

However, on the brightest of bright sides, Zinch offers a "double your money" guarantee where, if you win scholarships through them, they will match the payout amount of the award(s) up to $50,000. They do the same thing if you refer a friend and he/she wins award money- you get a matching payout.

I just emailed Zinch about a scholarship I won this fall through their website, so I'll let you know if it works!

Cappex is a lot more specific than Zinch, with many more criteria used to narrow your scholarship results. Naturally, though, this leads to less results meaning you may miss out if you strictly use this site. The layout is very streamlined and user friendly, though, and you can sort your results by the amount of effort required to apply or the amount of competition there is for the awards on a scale of 'very quick' to 'grueling'. There is no money match feature, but the ease of use and quality of results has me coming back to Cappex time after time.

I also use MoolahSPOT, Scholarships.com, Scholarhippoints and many other sites I find through these five to make sure I'm getting well rounded search results.

What are your favorite scholarship databases? Have you ever won an award you've found through one? Leave your comments below!

Bonne nuit!