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Scholarships.com Staff Image Written By: Scholarships.com Staff | Edited By: Cara Goldstone | Updated: June 5, 2025

Etiquette and the Scholarship Search

In today's Internet age, finding scholarships is easy for students. With databases like Scholarships.com containing millions of dollars in financial aid at your fingertips, you can earn a scholarship from a business or organization with which you have no affiliation. Getting out of the car, opening the door, and walking into the scholarship provider’s office to pick up an application is a method of the past.

Scholarship providers want thousands of students to have a chance at earning their scholarship, so many choose to list their scholarship awards in databases like Scholarships.com to make their gifts widely available; most encourage students to apply online. When you apply for scholarships, consider the things that each scholarship provider has already done to make the process easy for you and show your appreciation accordingly. Think about it: they haven’t even determined that you will be the recipient, and yet they have stretched to extraordinary lengths to make the chance at financial assistance easy for you to take.

When Requesting Information About a Scholarship:

When Submitting an Application:

When You Receive the Award:

One Year After You Receive the Award:

Thank you in advance for using proper scholarship etiquette. By doing so, you will help ensure that scholarship providers continue to reward deserving students in the future and help other students like yourself attend college.