1. They don’t know where to find them, yet they are right in their backyard
2. They don’t set scholarship goals
3. They don’t have a scholarship search strategy
4. There is no plan in place
5. They don’t prepare to get scholarships
6. They don’t read all of instructions
7. They don’t have quality recommendations
8. They don’t proofread their essays
9. They miss deadlines
10. They don’t try!