Common items students need when applying for scholarships
- Personal statement/essay
Get guidelines and tips for writing a strong personal statement/college essay here.
- High school transcript
Request a transcript online here.
- Letter(s) of recommendation
Access information and a form to help you request a strong letter of recommendation here.
- Resume or activities list
Need help creating a resume? Log into the Alaska Career Information System (AKCIS) through MSBSD Student Quicklinks or here using your MSBSD Clever username and password. Under the "Employment" menu, access the Resume Builder tool. For help, review the Resume Builder tool instructions.
- Letter or statement of financial need
Get guidelines and tips on how to write this type of letter here.
Scholarship Search Engines and Links
Local and State-Level Scholarship listings:
Mat-Su Health Foundation's 2024 Scholarship List
Mat-Su Borough School District Scholarship/Financial Aid List
Alaska Performance Scholarship
Alaska Career Information System (AKCIS) Scholarship Database
Log in through MSBSD Student Quicklinks or here using your MSBSD Clever username and password. Students are encouraged to create their own portfolio in AKCIS which allows results from scholarship searches to be saved. Once a student has created a portfolio, he/she would use their own username and password to sign in rather than the generic username and password listed above.
National-Level Scholarship listings:
College Board Big Future Scholarship Search
A free, personalized tool for high school students to find and apply for over 29,000 scholarships. By creating a profile, the platform helps students match with opportunities based on background and achievements.Bold.org
A free and secure platform designed to fight student debt by matching students with scholarships, fellowships, and grants. It allows users to create profiles and apply for targeted opportunities based on interests or background.
Fastweb
Fastweb is a national scholarship database designed to simplify the scholarship search by helping students access details about millions of scholarships through one platform.
Additional Resources
The CIRI Foundation Education Resources Handbook
This huge booklet contains information from selecting a school to finding an internship. It also includes hundreds of scholarship opportunities across many disciplines. The focus is on Native students, so you do not need to be affiliated specifically with CIRI corporation to benefit from this book.
