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Crucial Tips for Submitting Online College Scholarship Apps
Online college scholarship applications can be created to stand out to the judges with these smart tips!
As more and more organizations offering college scholarship money are using online-only application submissions, it is essential for students to learn specific rules when submitting their completed apps and materials for judging.
As with all scholarship applications, waiting until the last minute to gather and submit the required materials can be a big mistake.
The biggest risk students take when submitting an online application close to the deadline is competing with all the other students who also waited until the last minute.
Unlike physically mailing an application and knowing it has been sent, clicking the “submit” button for an online application close to, or on, the due date might result in an application stuck somewhere in cyberspace or not accepted because of an overloaded website.
Students submitting online scholarship apps need to electronically send them early AND make sure the other requested materials are also sent early.
The online scholarship submission process often involves letters of recommendation, school transcripts, and other paperwork to be sent separately by the recommender or school. The scholarship organization must receive these materials by the deadline to make the application complete and eligible for judging.
Applying for online scholarships involves more than simply clicking a submission button. Students need to pay careful attention to the scholarship guidelines and make sure they are all followed before feeling confident that they have submitted the application correctly.
They also need to apply SMART. This is so important and what I teach in my How to Win College Scholarships ebooks for parents and their students.
Online college scholarship apps must be submitted mindfully!
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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.
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Excellent advice. Pinned and tweeted this good counsel
Thank you, Carol!
Pinned, SU, and flipped! Great and useful advice.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate your sharing my content!
Good tips. It’s so easy to think any kind of online form or application will be simple, but it’s often not the case!
Right, especially when trying to win scholarship money, it literally PAYS to be extra careful. 🙂
Monica, Had my two musician sons been scholarship material (*cough*) this would’ve come in very handy!
LOL! Thank for reading, Laurie!
Great advice for parents and kids who will be applying soon. Pinning and saving!
Thanks so much, Rosemond!
As with so many things in life, it pays to be proactive and read directions. Seems like these are some of the simple steps to being successful in applying for all scholarships, especially online.
Thanks, Molly. It’s amazing how attention to detail can really pay off for scholarship seeking students.
Important tips that not everyone thinks of….especially when we’ve come to rely on computers as being immediate.
Right, immediate is not always good if a mistake is made that cannot be changed. Thanks for reading, Jennifer!