EXCITING NEWS! The 2026 versions of the How to Win College Scholarships ebooks are now available!
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3 Heartfelt Reasons Why I LOVE Scholarships
College scholarships and the organizations that offer them have a special place in my heart!
Looking back on the years since I helped all three of my boys win so much money for school, I realize that there are truly 3 heartfelt reasons why I ♥ college scholarships.
♥ College scholarships blessed our whole family, as I was able to continue being a stay-at-home mom* as a result of our scholarship success. ♥
♥ Because of scholarships, my husband and I did not need to take out any parent loans. ♥
♥ I found that I had a heart for helping other parents and their students in the college scholarship process, and my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks are a direct result. ♥
*Now that all three of my boys have graduated from college and flown the nest, I have become a work at home mom, helping families in the scholarship process all day long.
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I adore (I’m trying not to use the word love anymore in this post) this happy dad!
This post was written with ♥. Can you tell? Happy Valentine’s Day to all my ebook readers and Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents private Facebook group members! (Not yet a member? Join HERE.)

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2025 UPDATE: In the years since I first wrote my ebooks (2009), they have been updated 5 times.
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I would love to help you too. ♥ Monica Matthews ♥


Monica Matthews is the author of How to Win College Scholarships. She helped her own son win over $100,000 in college scholarships and now shares her expertise with other parents and their students. She truly has “been there, done that” in regard to helping parents and students navigate the scholarship process.
Her method of helping students in finding college scholarships, writing unique and compelling scholarship essays, creating amazing scholarship application packets, and more have taught desperate parents to help their own students win thousands of scholarship dollars. She teaches them how to apply S.M.A.R.T. with outstanding results.
Monica’s scholarship tips have been featured on many prominent websites, and she has been dubbed the “Go-To” expert on college scholarships.
























What a worthy endeavor! It’s awesome to see what scholarships can do for students and their families.
Thanks, Rica! I am still amazed at how blessed I truly am! 🙂
My daughter is not in high school yet but we are already thinking: scholarship please!! thanks for sharing your insights.
Thank you, Rosemond! I have a whole list of “Scholarship Prep” activities that families can do with their students, no matter how old they are. You are so smart to be thinking about scholarships already!
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Great, thank you Adriene!