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College Raptor Scholarship Search
College Raptor Scholarship Search is part of a college search and cost site. Its public page shows a short table of large national awards with the amount, sponsor and deadline, plus featured College Raptor and Citizens awards. The full list and matching need a free account, and apply links lead to registration.
Best for: Families comparing net college cost who also want a scholarship search in the same product.
Limitation: The public table has no filters, most table dates lack a year so deadlines may be out of date, and apply links need registration.
Our rating
1.9out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (1.0 / 5)
- The public page shows one short table with no filters.
- Matching and the full list need an account.
- Award pages list eligibility in a set format.
Scholarship Quality (1.5 / 5)
- Most table deadlines show no year or no date.
- Award pages give eligibility and a dated deadline.
- Apply links lead to registration, not the sponsor.
Ease of Use (4.0 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Award pages open straight from the table.
- Outside links open in new tabs.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (2.0 / 5)
- The policy allows ad networks to show interest-based ads.
- Partner offers and sweepstakes appear for registered users.
- Pages load Facebook, Bing and Google ad tags.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.