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Tips Beasiswa
How To Avoid A Scholarship Scam
By Alyson Shutts Meeks , Scholarship expert
The best way to avoid being the victim of a scholarship
scam is to remember the old adage: If it seems too good
to be true, it probably is. If a scholarship search
service promises you a scholarship, run the other way.
If someone insists that for $5 or $30 or $50, he will
guarantee you a scholarship, it is definitely a scam.
Yes, there are lots of scholarship dollars available,
but the truth is that no one can secure a scholarship
for you but you. Only the prospective student can do the
work of filling out forms, sending transcripts, and
writing essays.
A legitimate scholarship search service provides
information that is current and accurate; it does not
provide scholarships.
A legitimate scholarship search service is an
information source. Take Scholarship Experts for
instance. They have invested the resources to explore
and compile scholarship data from all over the map. A
good scholarship search service has a team of research
specialists that constantly updates award information.
What good is 1998's award information to a 2001 high
school graduate? When looking for a valid, trustworthy
scholarship search company, verify that the information
you are getting is current. Look for a service like
Scholarship Experts that compiles their own database of
awards and delivers up-to-date data.
Remember, it costs money to operate a scholarship
service. It is a simple fact that someone has to pay.
Perhaps it is advertisers. Perhaps it is customers. Make
sure you know who is paying for the service so you can
adequately assess the quality of the product and monitor
what happens with your personal, private information.
If you, the customer, the consumer, are paying, then
chances are good that the service is structured with
your needs and goals uppermost. That is why a fee-based
scholarship search service makes sense. The service
exists to serve the customer, without whom there is no
service. Consider another old adage: You can't get
something for nothing....unless it isn't worth anything.
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