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Engineering scholarship - how to find them

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Want to go back to school and need an engineering scholarship to do it? These scholarships are out there to be had and mostly for women. Engineering is a highly sought after position in some circles and engineers are utilized in many ways in a lot of different capacities. Becoming an engineer demands a lot of time and dedication. School will take up about 4 years and then training will take up a few more.

If you have always dreamed of becoming an engineer, especially if you are a woman, then go for it. There is no better time than the present to find an engineering scholarship and get yourself back to school. Quite a few colleges and universities offer scholarships for women to entice more women to enter the field of engineering. with the help of a scholarship and maybe grants and loans you probably would have no trouble making ends meet while pursuing you dream of engineering.

The Society of Women Engineers is a great source for locating scholarships to apply for if you are a woman looking to get an engineering degree. Other foundations also provide funding and support to female students, just do an internet search for engineering scholarships. You should be able to find a lot to apply to.

You may be asking yourself, "Why don't I just apply for a grant to fund my education?" Well, you can do that too and you should. The difference between a scholarship and a grant is a scholarship stays in effect as long as you make the grade and do not fail a course. The scholarship may just be taken away if they see you do not have the right stuff.

Grants, on the other hand, pay out whatever you get awarded regardless of your academic standing. Another difference is that scholarships may fund your entire education while grants only supplement your available money for school. Scholarships may offer monthly incentives for as long as you keep your grades up. If you fall below expectations you may have to re-apply for your scholarship or find a way to re-qualify by getting your grades back up. If you fail to do so then you will eventually lose the scholarship all together, then where will you be?

Funding a college education is very difficult in the best of times but in a sluggish economy like the one we are in now it can be almost impossible if you do not get the help of grants and scholarships. So if you have decided to go back to school then make sure you have the time to dedicate to your education and give it your all if you apply for and get a scholarship. If you qualify for one and receive one then you cannot afford to lose it.

Just remember, you are not the only one applying for an scholarship to go to school. You need to learn how to beef up your application. There are a lot of would be engineers also applying for the same scholarship, you have to make your's stand out somehow. You cannot go in half-cocked and say, "Here I am, give me money." You are in the running for an engineering scholarship just like the rest of the applicants.

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