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College Scholarship Tip: Parents, put down your pen!
Parents can play a HUGE part in helping their students win money for school, but be sure to read this college scholarship tip to make sure to not cross the line from helping to doing.
It can be very tempting for parents of procrastinating teens to take over and write college scholarship essays for their students.
According to scholarship judges, besides being wrong, it is obvious when students are not the ones doing the writing.
Scholarship judges have read thousands of essays and have learned to discern real, honest, student-written information from those of essays written by desperate and frustrated parents.
What parents CAN do is work together with their students to brainstorm essay ideas, proofread content, and encourage students by reminding them of deadlines.
When students feel like they are not alone in the college scholarship process, they are much more receptive to applying and as a result, more scholarships are applied for, and the chances of winning increase.
Parents, be supportive, not authoritative, in the college scholarship process with your students!
Teaming up with my son is how I helped him win so many college scholarships.
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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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Yes, I imagine it would be pretty obvious when the parents have done it. Proofreading & brainstorming are good suggestions for help, though.
Exactly, thanks!