Beware of Companies That Solicit You Through the Mail to Pay for Their Services to Find

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Beware of companies that solicit you through the mail to pay for their services to “find” scholarships for you. There is never any need to spend your own money to get scholarship money. These companies have stationery that looks and sounds very official, but they are just trying to make you pay for information that you can get for free from the web & from LAUSD College Counselors. If you receive an invitation to a meeting, check this list or as your college counselor before you go or sign anything! Below is a partial list of companies that have sent solicitations to our students:

Academic Financial Program

Academic Scholarship Resources

Achieving Success, Inc.

AIM (Academic Investment Money)

American Scholarships

California Scholarship Foundation

Career Assistance Planning, Inc.

College Advantage

College Aid

College Admissions & Planning Advisory System (C.A.P.A.)

College Assistance Services, Inc.

College Financial Aid Services of America; College Financial Aid Services Inc.

College Fund, The

College Funding Group

College Partnership, The

College Planning Center, L.P., The

College Resource Management, Inc.

College Scholarship Services, Inc.

CorRich Enterprises

DECO Consulting

Easley National Scholarship Program

Edifi

Educational Communications Scholarship Foundation

Educational Assistance Council

Fame Marketing and Associates

Fafsa.com (The real FAFSA website is

Graduate Fund, The

Graduate Financial Assistance Plan

Luz

Miss Teen of America Program

National Academy of American Scholars

National Alliance for Scholastic Achievement

National College Registration Board

National Research Center for College and University Admissions

National Scholarship Foundation

National Scholarship Survey

National Society of High School Scholars

National Student Financial Aid

NIEP College Focus

Olin L. Livesay Scholarship Fund

Orphans International

Paragon Foundation of California

P.T.A. Services

Student Financial Advisory

Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanium

United States Achievement Academy

REMEMBER: Free scholarship resources are available on the internet!

(check out , go to “counseling” then to “college counselor” for a scholarship list.)

These may say you’ve been “selected” for their book or list, but colleges are NOT impressed:

The National Honor Roll,The National Society of High School Scholars

Registered Inventory of College and High School Excellent Students (Minority Access)

Who’s Who in American Teenagers and Who’s Who Among American High School Students