An editorial review, analysis, and commentary of the Scholarships.Com search service

A review of Scholarships.Com

Scholarships.Com does not publish any Scholarship Yield, or Scholarship Quotient, and neither does it publish any relevant statistical data in regards to its scholarship database other than the general advertising claims that "We're the Best & We're FREE.". That's a great statement, whose value is worthless unless backed by some currency or indisputable facts.

As part of the review of Scholarships.Com, we also review Section 5 of the FTC Act which prohibits the making of false, misleading, deceptive, and/or unsubstantited claims that are unqualified and unconditional.

Why believe this Review of Scholarships.Com

National Academy of American Scholars has been a leader and innovator in scholarship sponsorship, scholarship administration, and scholarship database reviews, and scholarship marketing since 1988. We appreciate the efforts of all scholarship listing services, and scholarship databases, including Scholarships.Com. We sincerely wish nothing but the success of any student using Scholarships.Com.

Nonetheless, this review of Scholarships.Com is for the consumer, and not Scholarships.Com. The fact is that Scholarships.Com is a follower that came AFTER National Academy of American Scholars. National Academy of American Scholars invented the pure, merit-based award, when no other entity even thought of the concept.

When former President Ronald Reagon began lambasting affirmative action programs in the 1980s, and when University students were protesting Admissions' quotas in the 1980's, and when most scholarship programs were based upon ethnicity or demographic requirements, or school choice, National Academy of American Scholars stood apart from the crowd, and boldly announced a new concept.