i have been trying to look for scholarships but i keep running into sites that want a ton of personal info and it makes me uneasy. stuff like full name address phone number even details about my family. i get nervous because i have no idea who is behind these sites or what they are doing with all that data.
i keep wondering if anyone else feels the same way. how do you decide which sites are actually safe to use. i really need financial aid assistance resources for school but i do not want to end up giving my details to some shady place.
any advice or experiences would help a lot. thanks.
anxious about sharing personal info on random scholarship sites
byu/Adept_Case2023 inStudentLoans
Posted by Adept_Case2023
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scholarships360 and bold .org dont require you to hand over everything upfront, you can browse without signing up first. start there and only fill out whats absolutely necessary when you actually apply
a lot of us are in the same boat here feeling nervous about throwing our information out there. one thing that helps is checking if a site actually requires all that detail upfront or if you can browse first without registering