Frequently Asked Questions

First, double-check to make sure you have entered your email address correctly. Only one BrokeScholar account is possible per unique email. Often, a user has begun a profile or visited our site previously. Enter your email in our "forgot your password" area and a password will be emailed to you.

When you fill out our profile, enter the year in which you would enter school (i.e. College Freshman, College Sophomore). This should get you on your way.

Please fill out this form to add your school to our list.

Enter your new email address in the Account Information section of the "My Profile" page.

Input your GPA as 4.0. Our search criteria will group you into the same category as people with a 4.0 average. Remember, BrokeScholar is a scholarship search engine where you find rather than apply to scholarships. When you do submit an application, we'd bet your high GPA would stand out and shine.

Once you have completed your profile, click on "Run Profile Search" in the left navigation of the site. Click on the name of each individual scholarship, and read their directions. Each scholarship is different - some have websites with online applications, some have phone numbers to call, and most all have addresses of people to contact. BrokeScholar has also prepared a pre-written letter for you to receive information on each individual scholarship.

Click the Run Profile Search button on the left navigation and you'll see a complete list of all your scholarship matches. You can save scholarships you like by checking the box next to a scholarship and clicking on "Add checked to My Scholarships."

No. Our scholarships are for students in high school, college, and graduate school to finance their higher education.

We help students find opportunities to finance their higher education costs. However, we do not provide money ourselves. Once you find a scholarship, the process is out of our hands. Contact the individual scholarship administrator to determine the status of your application.

Yes. Click on "school information" in your profile. Here you can enter your type of undergraduate degree and answer yes to the question "Are you applying to grad school?"

Yes. Many scholarships are awarded for non-academic factors and accomplishments. For instance, BrokeScholar includes awards which focus more on future plans, extracurricular activities, background, ethnicity, race, disabilities, memberships, religion and interests over GPA.

Yes. On the Personal Information page of your profile, enter your address, including country, and click "no" for U.S. Citizenship.

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Yes - absolutely, positively free.

Offers by magazines, credit cards, and other marketing partners allow BrokeScholar searches to remain free. During our registration process, we ask you for your permission to receive such offers. To change your answer, visit your profile page.

Go the Preferences section of the "My Profile" page and change your email preferences.

In-depth information maximizes the accuracy of your search results. The more information you provide to BrokeScholar, the better chance we have of matching you with an appropriate scholarship. While there are a great many academic scholarships out there, there are many others that are awarded for non-academic factors and accomplishments. For instance, there are scholarships abound that focus more on future plans, extracurricular activities, background, racial extraction, disabilities, memberships, religion and distinctive interests, than an applicant's GPA.