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National Siblings Day – 3 Ways Sibs Can Help Each Other Win College Scholarships
Happy National Siblings Day!
Because it is National Siblings Day, naturally my scholarship-loving mind thought about how siblings can help each other win college scholarships.
Parents, if you have more than one child, here are three ways in which the first scholarship-searching student can help their siblings:
Same Parents – Same Club Affiliations: The club scholarships that one student qualifies to apply for should be the same for all the children in the family. This also goes for religious affiliations and church scholarship opportunities.
Learn how to find and win more club scholarships here.
Same Family – Same Income Level: Unless something has drastically changed in the years between siblings attending college, parents’ income levels should be similar, and income-based scholarships that one student qualifies for should qualify all siblings in the same family. Also, if one sibling qualifies for first-generation scholarships, all the kids in the family qualify.
Find out more about first-gen scholarships here.
Same Location – Same Local Scholarships: The local general (not based on college choice or major) scholarships that one student in the family applied for should also be added to the list for the rest of the siblings to apply for when it’s time to find ways to pay for college.
Learn how to find more local scholarships here.
Make sure to make and keep copies of all scholarships that each sibling applied for, as this will be a starting point for all students in the family. Keep adding to the list for each student and save a ton of time in the scholarship searching process.
Use the Scholarship Toolkit Organizer and have lists growing that all siblings can use.
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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 great idea, I didn’t even think of this, approaching each child’s applications as completely separate from each other.
Thanks, Karen! I’m all about saving parents and students time. Everyone is so crazy-busy these days!
Certainly, couldn’t agree more! Thanks for posting this.
Thanks, Tiara! Feel free to reach out anytime with your scholarship questions. 🙂
Good points – much more efficient this way!
Thank you! Saving time is so important to today’s busy families. 🙂