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StudentScholarships.org
StudentScholarships.org mixes a featured list of national awards with a scholarship database and career articles. Featured awards show amounts and current deadlines, but most database awards hide the deadline until you register and give no sponsor link. Keyword search is the only way to narrow results, and partner awards with no essay lead the lists.
Best for: Students who want a quick list of well known national awards with current deadlines, and who will confirm each award with its sponsor.
Limitation: Only keyword search narrows results, most database deadlines need registration, partner awards lead the lists, and pages load advertising tools.
Directory and alerts only, not the awarding body. Always click through to the sponsor. Use city/state pages as leads, not proof of local exclusivity.
Our rating
2.4out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (1.5 / 5)
- Search matches award text, with no filters for state, major or need.
- City and major pages are guides, not filtered award lists.
- Searching nursing puts Canadian university awards near the top.
- Profile matching needs a free account.
Scholarship Quality (4.0 / 5)
- The featured list shows amounts and current deadlines.
- Most database awards hide the deadline until you register.
- Most database award pages give no link to the sponsor.
- Featured awards often go through partner tracking links.
Ease of Use (2.5 / 5)
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
- Most links are small to tap on phones.
- Back returns you to your place in the list.
- There are no filters or sort controls, only keyword search.
Privacy & Marketing (2.0 / 5)
- Pages load Google advertising and analytics tools.
- The policy says data is not shared, yet ad tools load.
- Partner awards with no essay lead the featured lists.
- Ad cookies are set on first visit with no choice offered.
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.