Today’s guest post is by Monica Matthews of How to Win College Scholarships. Monica’s advice for parents and students is always helpful and timely. Her proven track record of winning scholarships for her own family and her “how-to” approach that helps other parents do the same, makes her an expert in the scholarship search … Continue reading 10 Scholarships Summer Prep Tips for Students
Being a College Prep Expert at CollegeExpertPanel.com has put me in contact with some other experts in the field of college admissions. This contact has given me the opportunity to once again, give you the BEST information from the BEST sources, helping you to help your student apply to college and get accepted. When I … Continue reading A Review-How to Win College Scholarships
Does your college-bound teen need some money for books? How about a new laptop for college? Or an iPad to take with them to school? Scholarships.com has a scholarship that ANY student can enter. No essay. No stringent rules and regulations to follow. What could be simpler than that? Here are the “deets” (a little … Continue reading Scholarships.com “Short & Tweet” Scholarship
Are you or your spouse in the military? Do you have a family member that was a veteran of a foreign war? If so, there are scholarships available in these specific categories. State Provided Education Benefits Educational benefits for families, particularly the children of deceased, MIA, POW, and disabled veterans, may be available in some states. … Continue reading Scholarships: Military dependents
This isn’t your typical prom dress or your typical fashion related competition. Get creative and you could win thousands of dollars in scholarships in two contests: Own Your Look Prom Contest 2010 AND Stuck at Prom. Stuck at Prom participants are required to submit a photo of themselves attending their prom decked out in duct … Continue reading Scholarships: A good reason to attend prom
More than 2 million students per year are home schooled in the United States and the numbers increase every year. While there’s a lot of sacrifice going into providing that first rate education one thing homeschoolers don’t have to sacrifice is a college education. While most scholarships don’t specifically exclude homeschoolers from applying, more … Continue reading Scholarships for Homeschoolers
If you have a college-bound teen who is learning disabled, you will be happy to know that there are specific scholarships set aside for these type of students. Start by looking at the Learning Disability Organizations in your home state. Those state specific college scholarships for ADHD will be less competitive than national scholarship … Continue reading Scholarships for Learning Disabled
Searching for scholarships can be overwhelming, especially if you don’t know where to look; or in this case, how to plan. Sometimes planning for scholarship opportunities takes a little foresight and preparation, but the benefits and the rewards definitely pay off. JROTC Scholarships Many high schools across the country offer a class called JROTC … Continue reading Scholarships: JROTC and FFA
Although these scholarships have been deemed “weird and wacky”, any scholarship that garners you FREE money for college is anything but that. Did you know that you can type in “wacky scholarships” in Google and come up with some of these scholarship gems? Here are just a few of them. Is your teen a leftie? … Continue reading In honor of Halloween: Weird and Wacky Scholarships
There is great discussion among parents about whether or not scholarship applications are worth it. I happen to be one who believes they are. My daughter attended an expensive private university based on the scholarships she won from outside sources and from the university itself. Those scholarships allowed her to attend a school that … Continue reading Should your college-bound student apply for scholarships?