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Top 20 November Scholarships to Apply for in 2021
By Will Geiger
Will Geiger is the co-founder of Scholarships360 and has a decade of experience in college admissions and financial aid. He is a former Senior Assistant Director of Admissions at Kenyon College where he personally reviewed 10,000 admissions applications and essays. Will also managed the Kenyon College merit scholarship program and served on the financial aid appeals committee. He has also worked as an Associate Director of College Counseling at a high school in New Haven, Connecticut.
Will earned his master’s in education from the University of Pennsylvania and received his undergraduate degree in history from Wake Forest University.
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While the days are getting shorter and the weather is getting colder, November is a pretty great month. Thanksgiving, football, and all things pumpkin spice are just a few of the things that we love in November. The 11th month of the year also happens to be a pretty great month for scholarships.
Whether you are a high school senior who is finalizing their college applications or a college student who is wrapping up your fall semester, there are some great scholarships to lower your tuition bill.
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Top November scholarships in 2021
Course Hero $4k College Giveaway
- Eligibility: Open to college students who are at least 18 years old
- Award: $4,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
$2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all high school and college students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
$2,000 Nitro College Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school, college, community and graduate students
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
Tallo’s $1,000 “Choose Your Path” Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school and college students
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
$500 CollegeVine Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school students who are U.S. residents
- Amount: $500
- Deadline: Weekly
David Porter Need-Based Diversity Scholarship
- Eligibility: Traditionally under-represented students who are enrolled/planning to enroll in study abroad programs
- Amount: $5,000 (two scholarships are awarded)
- Deadline: November 1, 2022
$2,000 CollegeXpress “Search Is On” Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students ages 13+
- Amount: $2,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
$2,222 ScholarshipOwl ‘You Deserve It’ Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to all students who are at least 16 years old
- Amount: $2,222
- Deadline: November 29, 2021
$2,500 Christian Connector Scholarship
- Eligibility: To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be a current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Christian university or college.
- Amount: $2,500
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
Annual Protestant Faith Based College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to students who are a current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Protestant university or college.
- Amount: $1,500
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
Annual Catholic College Scholarship
- Eligibility: Open to students who are a current high school freshman, sophomore, or junior interested in attending a Catholic university or college.
- Amount: $1,500
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
Future Designer Scholarship
- Eligibility: To be eligible for this scholarship, students must be an incoming (graduating high school senior) or college student who designs a holiday greeting card
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: November 1, 2021
Prudential Emerging Visionaries
- Eligibility: Student volunteers in grades 5-12 as of November 5 who are legal residents of the US
- Amount: $1,000 to $15,000
- Deadline: November 4, 2021
Greenhouse Scholars Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school seniors who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and a legal resident of Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, or North Carolina. Applicants must have a cumulative, unweighted GPA of 3.5 or above and demonstrate financial need (annual household income no greater than $70,000)
- Amount: $22,000
- Deadline: November 7, 2021
Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship
- Eligibility: Current high school seniors who are citizens of the United States are eligible to apply
- Amount: 500 awards worth from $4,000 to $5,000
- Deadline: November 15, 2021
Tortuga Study Abroad Scholarship
- Eligibility: College students who plan to study abroad
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: November 15, 2021
HACU Scholarship Program
- Eligibility: Open to college students of Hispanic descent with financial need who are attending one of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
- Amount: $1,000 to $5,000
- Deadline: November 19, 2021
Markforged Distinguished Women Engineers Grant
- Eligibility: Open to all college and graduate students who share a project they are/have worked on that demonstrates their ability as an engineer
- Amount: $5,000
- Deadline: November 19, 2021
Better Food, Better World Scholarship
- Eligibility: Students at every level of education who share their passion for natural foods & the environment
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
FieldLevel Athletic Recruiting No-Essay Scholarship
- Eligibility: High school athletes who aspire to play sports in college
- Amount: $1,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
Hagan Scholarship
- Eligibility: High-achieving high school seniors living in rural areas of the US who have demonstrated financial need
- Amount: $48,000
- Deadline: November 30, 2021
Summary of November scholarships
- Course Hero $4k College Giveaway
- $2,000 “No Essay” College Scholarship
- $2,000 Nitro College Scholarship
- Tallo’s $1,000 “Choose Your Path” Scholarship
- $2,000 CollegeXpress “Search Is On” Scholarship
- $2,222 ScholarshipOwl ‘You Deserve It’ Scholarship
- $500 CollegeVine Scholarship
- $2,500 Christian Connector Scholarship
- Annual Protestant Faith Based College Scholarship
- Annual Catholic College Scholarship
- Future Designer Scholarship
- Prudential Emerging Visionaries
- Greenhouse Scholars Scholarship
- Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship
- Tortuga Study Abroad Scholarship
- HACU Scholarship Program
- Markforged Distinguished Women Engineers Grant
- Better Food, Better World Scholarship
- FieldLevel Athletic Recruiting No-Essay Scholarship
- Hagan Scholarship
