Heads up! Scholarship Deadlines coming up soon!

WalMart Sam Walton Community Scholarship
Deadline is January 29. Scholarships are $3,000 each. Funds are provided by the Walmart Foundation. You should be a recent high school graduate (August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2010) or GED and enrolling in college in fall 2010.

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program
Deadline is January 29. Scholarships are up to $7,500 each and the plan is to award up to 300 Goldwater Scholarships.

KFC Colonel's Scholars Scholarship Program
Deadline is February 10. Scholarships are up to $5,000 per year and winners could receive up to $20,000 over 4 years.

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Taking an Agricultural Program?

Here are a few scholarships that are just for agricultural students.

CHS Foundation High School Scholarship Programs Application postmarked by April 1.
CHS Foundation Two-Year College Scholarship Program Application postmarked by April 1.
CHS Foundation University Scholarship Program Application postmarked by April 1.
National FFA Organization More than 1,000 scholarships (many for agricultural and non-agricultural) Deadline to get application: Feb 15, 2010.



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KFC Colonel's Scholars Program Scholarships

You will have to hurry for this one. The KFC Colonel's Scholarship application deadline is February 10, 2010. This scholarship awards up to $5,000 per year towards tuition, fees, books, room and board. You may be eligible if you are graduating high school between 12/1/09 and 8/31/10 and are carrying at least a 2.75 GPA. For more information on this scholarship, check out KFC Colonel's Scholars

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FAFSA - The time to prepare is now.

We're almost through January and you should be preparing your FAFSA now. Though the Department of Education allows you to submit through June 30, 2011, for the 2010-11 academic year, many states and colleges have a deadline in February or March. The sooner you get it in, the better your chances of receiving college funding. The reason for this is many colleges have a limited amount of funding and they will begin doling it out to qualifying students early. Once the money is gone, you're out of luck.

A couple of things to remember...

The Federal FAFSA website is at http://www.fafsa.gov. If you come across sites with a .com or other ending, you are at a commercial site and they will probably charge you to do your FAFSA. Go to the site above and you can submit for FREE.

If you don't have your W2's or 1099's yet, you can still do your taxes with estimated numbers and file. Should the numbers change significantly, you can go back and submit an amended FAFSA when you get the final numbers.

Here is a listing of states with early deadlines for FAFSA:

February - Connecticut, Tennessee.
March - California, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island.

Some of these are the 1st of the month, so check it out and start filling out now. There are other states who haven't posted definite deadlines, make sure you check with your financial aid administrator.

For more information, you can check www.college-loans.us/fafsa.html.