Students match themselves to more than 500,000 scholarships and research financial aid options for FREE   SAN FRANCISCO, CA (BUSINESS WIRE) - SNAP Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of college guidance and application solutions, today announced the addition of web-based scholarship searches and college funding advice. Part of the CollegeEdge web site, the new CollegeEdge Scholarship Search makes it easy for millions of high school, undergraduate and graduate students to research the financial aid opportunities from 3,443 accredited colleges and universities and 3,973 unique scholarship sponsors. These organizations award at least 500 thousand different awards each year, totaling more than $1.2 billion in scholarship money. To access information on these awards, students complete a brief questionnaire about their goals and interests. A typical query yields dozens of scholarship possibilities. The CollegeEdge Scholarship Search makes it easy for students to find suitable scholarships. Plus, students can learn about financial aid opportunities at specific schools. The CollegeEdge College Details, available in the "Explore Colleges" section of the web site include complete information for each school including data on: tuition and fees, financial aid application procedures, types of payment plans and data on the percentage of students who receive financial aid, loans and grants at each institution. The CollegeEdge web site also offers articles that advise the student on how to get the best financial aid package and how to put their best foot forward when applying for scholarships. Plus, students can discuss financial aid and scholarship issues with other students in online forums or ask questions of the "Ask CollegeEdge" expert. Although some scholarships are granted because a student is academically inclined and intends to attend a specific school, many awards are bestowed based on the recipient's ethnicity, affiliations with clubs or organizations, hobbies, interests, future goals, and parents' line of work. Scholarship criteria range from the mainstream to the obscure. "The variety of available scholarships is impressive. I was amazed to learn about all of the scholarships I could have applied for as a student. All students should find something of value in the CollegeEdge Scholarship database," said Jung Shin, vice president of finance and operations, SNAP Technologies, Inc. The CollegeEdge Scholarship Search and articles on financial aid and scholarships are part of the award winning CollegeEdge web site. Providing information and guidance on all aspects of college, CollegeEdge.com is the one-stop source on the World Wide Web for college planning and applications.