The search for scholarships should continue while you are in college.  As long as you need money to fund your education, you should continue to look for scholarships during your enrollment.

Check out the following tips to find campus based scholarships.

• Develop a relationship with the financial aid office at your school.  Don’t be afraid to ask about other grants and scholarships for which you may qualify.

• Complete the FAFSA as soon as possible after January 1.  Processing of financial aid awards are on a first come, first served basis.  Colleges have a finite amount of money to award.  You want consideration at the beginning of the awarding cycle, not at the end.  Usually this is a requirement for getting any kind of  aid from your college.

• If you are receiving a scholarship that has a GPA requiremennt, make sure you keep up the requirements for renewal.  In general, you should strive to maintain a 3.0, particularly if you are planning to do an internship.

• Check with your academic department for availability of scholarships based on your major.  The earlier you declare your major,  the more monetary benefits you can receive.  Majors in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) are in demand now  and usually come with monetary offerings.

• Continue to update your profile on scholarship search engines that cater to continuing college students like Fastweb, MeritAid.com and Scholarships4school.com  for outside scholarships which may be applied to your loans to reduce your loan balance.