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College Board BigFuture Scholarship Search
College Board BigFuture Scholarship Search is a national catalog of 10,000+ scholarships with filters for location, academic stage, GPA, scholarship type and field of study. Browse and detail pages work without signing in. A College Board account adds saved scholarships and saved searches. Confirm each award on the provider site.
Best for: Students who want a College Board catalog of 10,000+ scholarships with clear filters and no account required to browse.
Limitation: There is no separate profile-based match; the filters do the matching. The site also promotes Student Search Service and other College Board products.
Saving a list usually needs a College Board account. BigFuture pairs scholarship search with college planning tools. Confirm each award on the sponsor or BigFuture detail page before applying.
Our rating
3.8out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (4.0 / 5)
- Filters cover location, GPA, field of study and college choice.
- Results sort by nearest deadline.
- Cards flag merit, need and essay requirements.
- No filter for a specific high school.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- Listings show dated open and close days.
- Award pages link to the provider's own site.
- Most cards say the award amount varies.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- A cookie banner covers much of the phone screen.
- Search filters and results share one page.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (3.5 / 5)
- Logged-out search shows no ads.
- Privacy statement covers Student Search Service opt-out.
- Closing an account does not delete your data.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.