EXCITING NEWS! The 2026 versions of the How to Win College Scholarships ebooks are now available!
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Have you heard about the College JumpStart Scholarship Award?
The College JumpStart Scholarship is open to 10th-12th graders, current college students, and those planning to enter college in the next 12 months.
Via Twitter/X (I’m AidScholarship there), I just found out that there are a VERY low number of scholarship applicants for the College JumpStart Scholarship, making your chances of winning HIGHLY PROBABLE.
Go there NOW and apply for this wonderful scholarship! Here are the details: 
The College JumpStart Scholarship is an annual, merit-based competition — financial need is not considered — that is open to 10th-12th graders, college students, and non-traditional students.
Here are the essay prompt choices:
(1) What is the idea or subject about which you are the most passionate and why?
–OR–
(2) Write about the topic of your choice.
- $1,000 scholarship
- Short 250-word essay
- Online only application (Read tips on submitting a killer online app here)
- Deadline: December 31
Click the link below to apply, and make sure the SMART scholarship strategies are used. This is so important. Learn more about applying SMART here.
“We lost so many scholarships before we found your eBooks and my daughter started applying SMART. I am glad we found you, but I kick myself for the bad mistakes she made on applications beforehand.” – L.S., Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents Facebook group member
Open to High School Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors! APPLY NOW HERE
Find more scholarship awards to apply for in this great book. It is the perfect companion to my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks:
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.
