The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2026: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants and Prizes

Very helpful, and most of the links were up to date, with the exception of a few. I think it would be impossible to keep a book this size 100% up to date. It’s well organized if you want to skip sections that don’t apply. IMO, the strategies that are laid out in the section prior to the scholarship listings are similar to Monica Matthews’ strategies without the annoying e-mail barrage, and everything is condensed into one place. It’s cheaper than her products, too. The authors have a nice sense of humor.

The book has a lot of scholarships available. The first section of the book does a good job on explaining how to write an essay for a scholarship and also how to use the book in general. What to expect and so on. My daughter did find it a little difficult at first to narrow down the types of scholarships she could apply for, but that has gotten better with usage.

This is a great investment and very thorough. Literally walks you step by step how to get the scholarships. I first took it out at the library and renewed it multiple times. Two children have used this book and the scholarships are extensive. We’ve used other online resources as well but this book is truly all encompassing. It will be overwhelming having such a large book and tons of scholarships on each page but it’s worth the time and effort.

Most of these scholarships I have found through search engines. But there are definitely a good bit that are only in this book. It takes awhile to sort through them manually then bring up in the websites. Solid advice about how to apply in the first couple of chapters.

It has a lot of good information inside very useful

A good collections of college scholarships, but there should be a disclaimer on price cap availability. Not all kids that have parents with money doesn't mean their parents are going to pay for their schooling and kids need to know before buy the book if they would even qualify for any of the scholarships. Would have been a 4 had we known a bit more about the earning cap.

Great amount of many grants

Previous reviews noted that codes given in the book were not updated for the 2026 year. I was hesitant on buying the book for this reason. I’ve searched several of the codes given in the book and have not ran into an error. This book is helpful and the index makes it not so overwhelming!