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This web page explains how to create your scholarship match profile and how to search. SchooLinks offers scholarship matching capabilities to help you find and apply for scholarships that align with your qualifications and career interests. Scholarship sources include:

  • Peterson's Data - scholarships pulled from Peterson's scholarship data listing
  • SchooLinks Community Network - scholarships posted by employers
  • SchooLinks Compiled - scholarships researched & added by SchooLinks
  • District-Posted - scholarships posted by your district

To access, click the College in the side navigation bar, then select Scholarship Matching.

Create Your Scholarship Match Profile

A Scholarship Match Profile allows SchooLinks to match or recommend scholarships that match your eligibility and interests. The more information you provide, the more accurate your scholarship matches will be.

There are three sections of the Match Profile:

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1. Eligibility
Enter details about yourself to determine your scholarship eligibility.

 

 

 


 

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2. Interests
Select career clusters you're interested in and add keywords related to your academic and extracurricular achievements and pursuits

 


 

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3. Colleges
Choose colleges you’re interested in to get matched with college-specific scholarships

 

 

 


Click View Matches after each section to go back to the Scholarship Matching Dashboard

View and Sort Matches

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By default, view your scholarships by match score (1-100) according to how well the scholarship matches your profile.

 



 

You can also sort your matches by the deadline and dollar amount

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You can also search by J.O. Combs district emails by clicking on DISTRICT POSTED in the upper right corner.


Or, search for scholarships by title, provider, or url

 

 

 

 


 

View Scholarship Details

 
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Click on a scholarship to view the scholarship details, including the description, the scholarship deadline, and the award amount.

 

 


 

Favorite and Apply for scholarships

 
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Click Apply to go to the scholarship application site (outside of SchooLinks)

 

 

 


 

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You can also Favorite the scholarship so that it will show in your Favorites tab and mark it as Applied to indicate which scholarships you have applied for.