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College Scholarship Tip: Do Your Research
This college scholarship tip involves a little bit of research that can pay off BIG TIME.
Use this college scholarship tip and learn how to submit winning applications.
Simply filling out applications and mailing them in or clicking the submit button does not usually result in scholarship success.
There are books written on the subject, including my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks (available in both parent and student editions), and countless websites dedicated to helping students succeed in the quest to win scholarship money.
Little details that add polish and class to each application can make a huge difference and just might be what it takes to land them into the winners’ pile instead of the reject pile.
Seriously, you don’t know what you don’t know.
There is a better way for students to apply for scholarships. I call this applying S.M.A.R.T., and learning how to do this pays off BIG TIME.
Take it from this happy mom:
“Priceless!!! Monica’s tips helped our family substantially. My oldest daughter will graduate this spring without a single penny paid out of our pockets or hers. She even has over $26K in excess funding. My youngest daughter has earned enough to cover her bachelor’s and has earned over an additional $11K which she will put towards her master’s degree. The majority of scholarships my daughters earned were not sizable. Most came in $500 and $1000 awards. The smaller scholarships really add up. Your students need a hand full of solid essays to recycle, and you should partner with them to apply relentlessly to every scholarship they qualify for. Thank you, Monica Matthews, for sharing your wisdom and guidance.” P.S., Texas
It pays to become informed when it comes to college scholarships!
This parent shares,
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“Thanks again for all of your help! I have to say that early on when I started looking into how to find scholarships, I first bought a pricey program from a young lady who had won thousands of dollars in scholarships. While she had decent content, it hasn’t been nearly as useful as your ebooks. I wish I had found your ebooks first and not wasted that money! I came across her TikToks at a time when I was really starting to stress out about college. She was a convincing sales woman so I bought her “class”. Her modules were okay but there wasn’t one concise document to search through. There were also grammar mistakes here and there and some broken links. For the price she charged, that isn’t acceptable. With your ebooks I have been able to pop it open and search for things all the time. You’ve made it so easy and cover everything. Oh well, you live and you learn!” – Angie, S., Scholarship Help and College Talk for Parents Facebook group member
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.
