MS scholarships are available for students who have been diagnosed with the disease or who have a parent with MS. One MS website is set up for Multiple Sclerosis scholarships for students who need the financial assistance and who meet the qualifications. The National MS Society feels a student’s dream of going to college shouldn’t be let go simply because of a disease no one has control over. The organization created the program in 2003 and has been providing funds to high school graduates who would otherwise not be able to fulfill their goal of attending college.

Scholarship funds accumulated to well over a million dollars for the 2011 school year and 639 students received money for college. The eligibility requirements are very straight forward. First of all, the student must have a high school diploma or a GED and either be diagnosed as having MS or have a parent …