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How Parents Can Help Students Win College Scholarships
Are you a parent who would like to help your student win college scholarships, but have no idea how to start the process?
Do you have a smart student and know they deserve to win money for school, but have little or no direction when it comes to finding and applying for scholarships?
If you answered yes to either of those questions, this Twitter chat is for YOU!
My next #CampusChat Twitter chat is all about how parents can help their own students win college scholarships and I’m excited to welcome Meryl van der Merwe as my guest.
Meryl moved to the USA from South Africa 13 years ago. She started homeschooling as the local schools weren’t as academically challenging as her children were used to. Soon she discovered she loved teaching – not just her own children but other teens as well. For over 10 years she has coached various academic teams, taught at a local homeschool co-op, and has also taken her courses online at FundaFunda Academy which she founded. She blogs about education at FundaFunda, the website where she shares her ideas about teaching.
- What: #CampusChat Twitter Chat
- When: Wednesday, October 5th
- Time: 1:00-2:00pm, EST
- Topic: How Parents Can Help Students Win College Scholarships
- Host: Monica Matthews @AidScholarship
- Guest: Meryl van der Merwe @Merylvdm
- Sponsor: Smart College Visit
Not sure how to attend a Twitter chat? Keep reading…
Joining a Twitter chat may seem intimidating, but it’s really is easy! If you don’t already have one, go to Twitter.com and create a free account.
Students, please keep in mind that scholarship judges and college admissions officers read students’ tweets and take note of Twitter usernames! Try and use your real name or something that represents you and passes the Grandma Test. More on the Grandma Test here.
$10,000 scholarship, no essay or minimum GPA
Once you have your account set up, type #CampusChat into the search bar at the top of the page. Be sure to use the hashtag —> # in front of “CampusChat”. This will bring up all of the Tweets involving SmartCollegeVisit and #CampusChat.
At 1pm, you will start to see the questions being asked and the answers being shared. Keep refreshing the page to see all the tweets about #CampusChat, or use a free service like Hootsuite.com to easily follow along and join in on the chat.
If you have a question, just ask it in 140 characters or less, making sure to include #CampusChat somewhere in your tweet. Make sure you are following me @AidScholarship and @CollegeVisit so you will not miss any questions or answers.
If you have any questions about how to participate in a Twitter chat, feel free to email me at info@how2winscholarships.com.

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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.
I love that parents can help in this way. I have shared so this gets more parental attention.
Wonderful! Thanks so much, Carol! 🙂
I love #twitterchats! Such a great way to share information!
There are several great Twitter chats for parents of the college-bound and current college students. I love them too!