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Believe in College Scholarship Luck
Do you believe you or your student can win college scholarship money?
Really, really, REALLY believe it?
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I love this quote by Tennessee Williams and can relate it to winning a college scholarship on several levels.
Make sure the SMART applying strategies are used!
When students believe they have what it takes to win college scholarships, they will be motivated to find and apply for as many as possible.
Most scholarship organizations do not announce winners until the spring, meaning students need to keep applying throughout the school year without knowing whether they will be winners.
If they BELIEVE they have what it takes to win and apply SMART, they will feel empowered and excited about the scholarship process.
I know how hard it is this time of year.
There are many scholarship deadlines to meet and hardly any winning announcements. (If this is you, read this right now.)
Whatever you do, encourage your students NOT to stop applying!
Will luck help students win more college scholarships?
Maybe not, but the belief that they are lucky will give them the extra push they need when the school year draws to a close and scholarship-application burnout inevitably shows up.
Parents can do a great deal about helping to instill the fact that their students have what it takes to win college scholarships in several ways.
They can read over essays and give positive feedback while at the same time providing helpful guidance, such as:
“I love the idea you are trying to get across here, but maybe a few more descriptive words in your opening sentence will help draw the reader in quicker.”
Parents can also be the ones to find scholarships and email their students lists of awards to apply for, saving students’ time and motivating them to submit even more applications.
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Parents are lucky when students win scholarships, reducing the amount they may need to pay or borrow to help their students get through college.
Students, as you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, think about how strongly you believe in yourself and dig deep to find the luck already inside you.
Parents, never stop encouraging and motivating your students, especially in the college scholarship process.
When they win, you win!
“Get Monica Matthews’ ebooks. They’re invaluable. My daughter started applying September of Senior year. She received 20 nooooooos in a row. By December I found this group and realized what she was doing wrong. Those nooos changed to $$$$$. She will graduate debt free.” – D.S., Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents Facebook group member and Happy Mom
When students BELIEVE they can win scholarships, they are motivated to apply for more! Share on X
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.
