There`s good news for those who are good in school or even on the field, but are not necessarily overachievers. You can still get a scholarship of some kind if you can get into a college. The best way to do this is to apply to individual-based programs. They are designed to funnel the students into a chosen career path and help you get specialized.

The way these scholarships work is that you will receive financial support to become a dentist, a nurse, a doctor or something like that, but you will have to agree to enter a service obligation after you finished the training. This usually means that you will need to work for a period between two and five years in a field where there is a shortage of workers. This might mean that you will need to work in rural areas or fields that are not so glamorous or money making, but at least you will have a salary, you will get some experience and you will not have a huge sum of money to pay after you finish school.

These opportunities are not only for the doctors, you can get the same deal for the Army, Navy and Air Force, education and other field.

You can also get scholarships for having a certain religion, or based on ancestry. Chinese, Danish, Japanese or Italian descents can get a scholarship. Some of the scholarships are even a bit odd, but there are plenty of organizations that are willing to support youngsters in their educational progress. Now, don`t expect huge sums of money, but you can get between $500 and $10,000 and if you add up a few of these scholarships you will be able to pay at least part of your tuition fees.

To find these scholarships reach out to companies or organizations in your local region or in the region you are going to study in. It is not unusual for them to receive requests and probably that is why they thought about offering them. Some are offering scholarship based on nothing more than a simple or creative answer to a question. There are all sorts of possibilities out there.