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Using Twitter to Find Scholarships

Posted on April 6th, 2009 by InternationalStudentGuru

We all know that Twitter is growing in popularity and fast becoming one of the hottest things in the social media world – and a place to get information, help and advice quickly! For international students, it represents an goldmine to gather information advice and help from not only schools who are twittering, but also from organizations.

One very big use of twitter that has been uncovered by our good friends at the Financial Aid Podcast is utilizing the powerful twitter search function to find scholarships. The following is their excellent posting about how to use twitter in this manner:

Start at Twitter Search. Look for the basic term first to see what’s available:

scholarship - Twitter Search

Our familiar friends, the words deadline and application, show even more insight:

scholarship deadline - Twitter Search

Now, to take action, we should start to look for URLs:

scholarship deadline www - Twitter Search

scholarship deadline http - Twitter Search

And don’t forget to search for document types, too, like PDFs:

scholarship pdf - Twitter Search

Kick it up a notch and subscribe to any or all of these Twitter searches in Google Reader (or any RSS reader you have)

scholarship pdf - Twitter Search

So as you can see, just like using Google Search, you can also use the Twitter Search feature to find things you need. The main example here is to look for scholarships, but for internatonal students you could try and search for things like:

  • “International Scholarships”
  • “Study USA”
  • “Study UK”
  • “Study Abroad”
  • and so on……..

The possibilities are endless to find current and up-to-date information – so get searching!

Once again – don’t forget to check out the Financial Aid Podcast and their scholarship site Scholarship Points. You can also follow them on twitter @winscholarships and @cspenn.

Of course, you can also follow up on twitter @intstudent

8 Responses to “Using Twitter to Find Scholarships”

  1. International Students - Get Social! « The International Student Blog Says:

    [...] Twitter Many people seem to think that Twitter is a “fad” and will not stand the test of time – that is still to be seen. But, what you cannot deny is that Twitter offers a great way to find information and ask questions. Many of the people who are on Twitter are active and so if you post something or ask a question they will more than likely respond. For example, do you have an immigration question? Type it into Twitter and you will see a whole host of immigration attorneys and sites who are twittering and may be able to help you. Likewise check out our previous post on using Twitter to find scholarships. [...]

  2. Using Twitter to Find Scholarships « information Says:

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  3. mcmillan Says:

    their job.”

  4. Women Scholarships Says:

    Do you know of any websites that help with the information of scholarships for atletics? I would really appreciate it!

  5. Driskell Says:

    I like your site. I’m looking forward to more visits here. Thanks!

  6. Chrissy Millet Says:

    Wow! cool posts, I don’t really agree but I am still interested in this.

  7. James Fleming Says:

    I�m with you, Beata. Go Colts.

  8. Carylon Barman Says:

    Great blog, here we learn about very well features. I never comment on those blogs, even when the content is great

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