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College Scholarship Tip: Don’t Trust Published Deadlines
This is a super easy college scholarship tip that ALL students need!
When checking out a scholarship and noting the details, you need to know that the deadline in the guidelines may not even be the TRUE or CURRENT deadline.
Some organizations only accept a certain number of applicants and stop accepting more once that number is reached, even if the deadline has not yet passed.
Think of all that hard work thrown out before even being seen by the judges!
Other organizations publish a deadline and have every right to decide on their winner at any time, even weeks or months before the applications are “officially” due.
In addition, the scholarship book entry or online site that the scholarship was found in may be outdated and have the wrong deadline published.
The changing of scholarship due dates may not seem fair, but instead of getting angry, make it a policy to submit scholarship applications WELL before the published deadlines and double-check all deadlines before adding the scholarships to your list.
Don’t wait, and don’t lose out before even getting a chance to impress the judges with your scholarship applications!
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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.
