About Scholarship Junkies

Scholarship Junkies was created in Spring 2006 to provide high school students with an insider’s guide to the scholarship process from the perspective of students who have won national scholarships. Through articles and profiles, the information covered includes how to find scholarships, how to choose which scholarships to apply for, how to compile competitive applications, and much more.

The goal of Scholarship Junkies is to connect students who have won scholarships with students who are applying for scholarships in an effort to assist with compiling competitive scholarship applications. More than just providing the tools for achieving scholarship success, Scholarship Junkies strives to help students learn how to best maximize those tools in their personal scholarship application process.

For more on the latest scholarship outreach efforts at Scholarship Junkies, please visit our Grants, Awards, and Special Recognition page.

Samson Lim, Founder and Scholarship Junkie

A native of Portland, Oregon, Sam Lim is regarded as one of the most dynamic young speakers about scholarships by high schools, colleges, and organizations across the country. He has had multiple appearances in local radio broadcasting, TV talk shows, and newspapers, including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Northwest Asian Weekly. Sam’s depth of scholarship knowledge, engaging presentations, inspiring personal story, and ability to connect with high school and college students have led him to be recognized as a “scholarship guru” by schools and college resource websites nation-wide.

Sam’s experience in applying for over 75 scholarships throughout high school and winning 18 scholarships that cover his entire college education, including the 2006 Gates Millennium Scholarship and the 2006 Horatio Alger National Scholarship, led him to found ScholarshipJunkies.com, a scholarship resource website that provides tips from former scholarship winners on how to compile competitive scholarship applications.

Through his leadership in the University of Washington Dream Project, Sam was selected as a 2007 Mary Gates Leadership Scholar for his commitment to expanding scholarship awareness and outreach for students. In 2008, Sam received the Making Connections Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding community service.

Sam graduated from Mead High School in Spokane, Washington, with Honors in 2006, and is currently a senior in the University of Washington Honors Program, majoring in International Studies. Quite simply, Sam Lim is recognized by students, meeting planners, and coordinators nation-wide as their choice for Scholarship Presenter of the Year.

To learn more about Sam’s personal story, please visit his Featured Scholars page. To contact Sam personally, please email him at sam@scholarshipjunkies.com.