The Scholarship System
Annual Scholarship Opportunity
Submission Deadline: July 13, 2025
Announcement of Winners: July 29, 2025
At The Scholarship System, one of our core beliefs is to avoid student loan debt or limit it to the lowest amount possible. While sometimes it can be inevitable, we always stress that there are two sides to graduating debt-free: reducing the amount of money needed and earning debt-free money to cover what you do need.
This scholarship opportunity is designed to help with the latter part of the equation while challenging students to consider the importance of limiting student loan debt and their plan of action to do so.
Scholarship Details
There are two separate scholarships available:
- The Scholarship System Annual Scholarship Opportunity for TSS and DFD Lab Members
- The Scholarship System Annual Scholarship Opportunity for Non-Members
Scholarship applications are due July 13th, 2025, at 11:59 PM PST. The winners will be announced by July 29th, 2025. With this scholarship, we hope to reward students who are actively working towards a debt-free education. Even if you have had to borrow for college, we want to hear your plans, goals, and thought process on succeeding in college while limiting student debt as much as possible.
Award amounts will be:
- Two (2) $500 scholarships to non-member students
- Three (3) $600 scholarship awards for members of The Scholarship System course
- One (1) $600 scholarship for a member of the Debt-Free Degree Lab.
Scholarship awards are made payable to the institution where the recipient is enrolled. To release funds, we will need the student's ID number, the scholarship office contact information, and the office address to send the check.
Allocations for the Fall semester are sent out in August.
Eligibility
- U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Applicants must either be enrolled or actively applying for enrollment to an undergraduate program for the Fall 2025 semester. Students at technical, community and four-year colleges may apply.
How to Apply
Here are the requirements to apply to The Scholarship System 2025 Annual Scholarship Opportunity.
- Essays must be your own work.
- Applicants must fill out the application entirely.
- All entries must be received by July 13th, 2025, at 11:59 PM PST.
Scholarship Recipients
For any questions and submission of supplementary materials
Send us an email at [email protected]
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