[BrenBarn]

> I'm curious to know how to find other scholarships not necessarily advertised by the school.

One of the biggest things to keep an eye out for is scholarship opportunities from local organizations (i.e., scholarships whose eligibility is "open to all students who graduated from high school in ABC County"). The key bonus here is that the local eligibility restrictions mean you're competing with a relatively limited pool of applicants. Of course this bonus is lessened if you come from a big city, although on the flip side bigger cities are more likely to have more foundations offering such scholarships. In my experience many people tend to look for scholarships at the school they're going to, and they look at ones you can find in the "1000 scholarships" type books which tend to be large national ones, but they're not so aware of scholarships that are based on where you're coming from, not where you're going to.

These scholarships often aren't huge dollar amounts, but if you combine it with the advice about picking affordable schools, it can have a meaningful impact.