I had a long phone call with daughter Becky's ostensible college advisor regarding financial aid.  Over the course of the conversation she mentioned a website Becky could go to where she could list all the details she can think of about herself and submit the information to see if there are scholarships available for her that she would not otherwise know about.

As an example the advisor described a student who mentioned that her father died of cancer when she was younger, and then got a full scholarship from the American Cancer Institute.

"Wow," I said.  "So, are there scholarships available if, say, she had a family member murdered?"

She laughed.  Thank goodness.