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$5000 Nitro Parent College Scholarship
The Nitro Parent College Scholarship is a fun and direct way for parents to help their students win money for school!
The Nitro Parent College Scholarship is a $5000 award without a lot of complicated requirements.
There is also a $1000 BONUS, so be sure to submit your application ASAP!
Here are the details:
- Open to parents with a student who is a freshman in college
- NO long essay – 2 short answer questions (50-250 words)
- NO financial need requirement
- NO letter of recommendation needed
- Open to all legal residents of the U.S. and District of Columbia
- $5000 award, plus a $1000 bonus
- Multiple applying opportunities
- Online only application
- Deadline: November 30 (Keep checking for new deadlines)
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Applications for the Nitro Scholarship will be judged based on the following criteria:
- Quality of submission (25%)
- Completeness of submission (25%)
- Creativity of ideas in short essay response (25%)
- Creativity of social media element (25%)
Winning Tips: Parents, we all need more financial aid for our students, so don’t hold back when sharing about them. Begin each of your short essays with a “hook” as I share here and use the whole word limit. (Don’t write 50 words when it is perfectly acceptable to write 250.)
Be sure to read these tips to get a feel for what scholarship judges look for in their winners. There is no limit to the friends’ bonus, so invite as many friends and family members as possible. Tag me (@AidScholarship), and I will gladly help with the social media element.
To apply for the Nitro Parent College Scholarship, click HERE.
(2023 Update: The award is now called the Sallie Mae $2000 Scholarship, and there is NO essay required.)
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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.
Really good stuff, Monica. and such a service to parents and students.
Thank you, Carol! 🙂
As you know, I am miles away from nowadays school and college systems, but since I know you I am really paying much more attention to the news about school and college costs in Germany and also here in Spain. It has all changed so much, it has really become very expensive to give your children the best possible start in their lives. Oh dear, my parents didn’t even have to pay for our schoolbooks then, nowadays a decent education seems to be for the riches only 🙁 I am wondering if there are scholarships aids here in Europe as well. This is actually a lot of money you can win, what a great help if you know how to … so worth sharing and spreading your knowledge! I get always so fascinated by your images 🙂
Thanks, Klaudia! I would love to know more about how students are helped with college funding in other countries. I really appreciate your sharing my content and tips. Have a fabulous day! 🙂