EXCITING NEWS! The 2026 versions of the How to Win College Scholarships ebooks are now available!
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5 Minute Easy College Scholarship Tasks
Are you wondering what you can do to help you or your student win scholarship money, are crunched for time, and have NO idea what to do or where to start?
Scholarship searching parents and students, here are some things that you can do TODAY that take 5 minutes or less:
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- Make a list of student strengths and interests. This will help when it comes time to write scholarship essays. Save this page to help students write stand-out scholarship essays.
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- Google SMART. Search for the intended college major plus the word “scholarships,” and include the current and next year (e.g., “computer engineering scholarships 2026 2027”). Write down each scholarship you find, its due date, and what is required to apply. (Use the Scholarship Toolkit Organizer!) IMPORTANT: Ignore any results with “Ad,” “Sponsored,” “Featured,” or “Promoted” near the links.
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- Go to your local library’s online site and reserve 2 or 3 scholarship listing books like this one to check out the next time you are near your library, or order your own copy right here.
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- Read my scholarship tips page found here.
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- Download your copies of the How to Win College Scholarships ebooks for parents and their students and start learning the SMART strategies that helped my son win enough scholarship money to graduate from college 100% debt-free.
These are only a few tasks that you can do TODAY to help you or your student win scholarship money.
An essential key to winning scholarships is working on them daily.
Don’t wait until you see that hefty tuition bill and think, “I need scholarship money NOW!”
Do a little bit every day, and you won’t feel overwhelmed.
Searching for and applying for college scholarships IS hard work, but you can save a ton of time and anxiety if you follow my SMART methods and take it step by step, one day at a time.
This parent says it best:
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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.
Thanks for sharing this. I’m going to share this with my daughter. She gets help from the school counselor but I’m not sure if she’s doing these things like searching on google….I have a feeling she is but it doesn’t hurt to show this to her just in case. 🙂
Have a great week!
Cori
You’re so welcome, Corina! Good luck to you and your daughter in the scholarship process and please let me know if I can do anything to help. 🙂
Way to bust through the student debt problem, Monica. So happy your son graduated debt free. What an awesome way to start a young career.
Thanks so much, Molly! I’m so proud of him. He’s getting married next summer and still has no debt. My middle son won a ton of scholarships too and is now a senior in college.
Good tips! Always good to find useful but quick tasks I think – makes getting things done feel less overwhelming.
Right, baby steps! Thank you!