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Verified Scholarships
Verified Scholarships is a national directory that groups awards into categories such as major, background and awards anyone can win. Award details open on the same page with an Apply button that goes to the sponsor. A longer matcher form takes school, background and career interests, and students can sign up for deadline alerts.
Best for: Students who want an ad free directory with one click links to sponsors, browsed by category.
Limitation: Deadlines may be out of date: dates show no year, and several listed awards have already passed.
Independent verification on the sponsor site is still required. Use alerts as reminders, not as proof an award is open.
Our rating
2.7out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (2.5 / 5)
- The directory groups awards by major, state and background.
- A match form asks state, GPA range and major.
- Directory lists have no filters or sort.
Scholarship Quality (2.5 / 5)
- Listings show no deadline year and no closed label.
- Several listed awards have already passed for this year.
- Apply buttons lead to sponsors, a few through another site.
- Some listings are business marketing contests.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Outside links open in new tabs.
- Pages fit phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (2.5 / 5)
- The policy lists sharing with advertising partners as a main use.
- Sign-up asks for name, email and student status.
- Alerts can take an optional cell phone number.
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 A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.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.