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College Scholarship Tip:
Earn Points for College Cash
Wondering about contests such as ScholarshipPoints by Edvisors?
Can students actually win college cash with these points-earning scholarship programs?
[NOTE: As of October 1, 2024, the ScholarshipPoints program has changed. It is now known as Edvisors, and no points are necessary to enter into their scholarship drawings.]
These scholarships have students earn points for visiting certain online sites, completing surveys, and/or filling out other scholarship applications.
What attracts students to scholarship contests is the fact that for seemingly little work, they can win thousands of dollars for college: COLLEGE CASH!
Are these types of scholarships even worth your time? Aren’t they nothing more than random scholarship drawings?
College Scholarship Tip: Earn Points to Win College Cash Share on XWhile I would not advise students to commit 100% of their time to trying to win these types of scholarships, I do think that spending a few minutes a day earning points does not hurt.
Many of the winners of these scholarships share that they only entered points a few times and were shocked to be selected as winners.
Since winners are randomly selected, students with a few points could possibly win scholarship money without spending hours trying to earn as many points as possible. One such site is ScholarshipPoints by Edvisors.
[NOTE: As of October 1, 2024, the ScholarshipPoints program will be known exclusively as Edvisors.]
ScholarshipPoints encourages students to click on the websites of their sponsors and fill out surveys or do certain tasks to earn various points.
These points can then be used to enter monthly $1000 scholarship drawings and bigger drawings of $2500 several times a year.
Here is what most people don’t realize: Students can earn FREE (no survey required) points each week by copying the codes that Edvisors share on Twitter and Facebook (100 points). They can also get 50 per day just for logging in.
What I love about this is that parents can easily grab these free points for their students!
One of my sons won a $1000 scholarship from ScholarshipPoints! Are they legit? ABSOLUTELY!
2022 Update: Another one of my boys won a $1000 scholarship from ScholarshipPoints!!!
2024 Update: My son’s fiancée won a $1000 scholarship from this program as a grad student!!!
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One important task that students and parents need to do before filling out online surveys or signing up for sites like ScholarshipPoints, is to create an email address used exclusively for this type of scholarship.
Unfortunately, lots of spam emails will be sent as a result of signing up, so be prepared and make it easier to delete unwanted emails by having a separate inbox.
Related: Create a New Email
While I do think that spending a few minutes a day earning points to win cash for college is OK, it should never be a student’s sole method of trying to win scholarship money.
There are thousands of scholarships available that are based on GPA, community service/volunteering/leadership, ACT/SAT scores, club membership, talents and more.
Spending hours trying to earn points and filling out surveys isn’t true scholarship applying, and that time is much better used to apply in the traditional way.
Bottom Line: Earning points to win scholarships is an additional way for students and their parents to do all they can to try and win as much money as possible for college, but it should never be the ONLY way. Be sure to read my other scholarship tips to learn how to apply for more scholarships in the least amount of time possible.
[NOTE: As of October 2024, ScholarshipPoints has merged with Edvisors. There are no more points to earn, and the sign-up process is very simple.]
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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.
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Wow I had no idea this type of scholarship even existed – how interesting! I can see the appeal, but I agree with you that it does not sound sensible to put too much hope into doing it this way.
Exactly! I’ve known students who tell their parents that they are applying for scholarships all of the time, but in reality they are just doing surveys and trying to take the easy way out. Not smart!
Good tip, have fun with it but realize that this is not your only source of scholarships.
I totally agree, Jennifer! Spending hours doing surveys to earn points is not a good use of scholarship time, but a few minutes a day is actually fun.
Definitely giving this a try!
Wonderful! Don’t forget to get your 300 free points each week, Mandi. 🙂
I remember doing these sorts of things for cash in college. Many times they ended up requiring you to pay in to cash out, and it made me so nervous so I never made more than one or two dollars. I’m sure with scholarships it’s probably not as sketchy, right?
Right and you bring up a very good point. Students should NEVER have to pay to apply for a college scholarship.
For getting that money from ScholarshipPoints, how many entries did you put down when it says: 1 point = 1 entry. How many entries would you like for this scholarship drawing?”
Hi Vanessa, my son just spread out his points to apply for each of the scholarships every month. If he had 100 points, he would put 25 each into the three monthly $1000 awards and 25 into the $10,000 quarterly one. I hope that helps! 🙂
Are these typically just for seniors? How early can you start?
Hi, Christy! Students can begin working on college scholarships now because there are awards open to all levels of students. Are you a parent or a student?
How many points would you recommend to use for each draw for ScholarshipPoints? Is Edvisors still giving code that we can use for getting 100 points? I do not see that on Facebook.
Hi, Kashuen! You can find the weekly free points on the Facebook page for ScholarshipPoints right here. As far as how many points for each drawing, I would stick to one monthly scholarship and have your student put most of their points into it. It only takes one point to win, so you never know though! 🙂
Help! It prompted me to create a parent account – can I sign up my kid for these scholarships or does it need to be them? Or can we both do it? Thanks!
If there is a parent account option, then you are fine, Millie. Scholarship Points is going through some changes right now. They will now be called Edvisors. I would not do both. Either have a parent account and use it for your kids or have them create their own accounts. 🙂