Archive for the ‘scholarships’ Category


Potential Scholarships for Engineering Students

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Or subscribe to my blog on the left and get email updates. Engineering is a great college major. It is a versatile degree and that makes getting a job in a related field right out of college a lot easier. The downside is, even […]

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Scholarships Friday: Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Or subscribe to my blog via email on the left. It’s never too early to start applying for scholarships. Today’s feature scholarship is the perfect example. If you have a creative college-bound teen in 7-12 grade this is one scholarship they can […]

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Scholarships Friday: What are the odds?

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Most students hope for some sort of scholarship for college. Few are able to pay for the entire four years. Parents dream of getting that letter in the mail that says, “Congratulations, you have won a full ride for four years.” It […]

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Scholarships Friday: Ask an Expert

  My commitment has always been to provide parents with the best information available to help with the college process. I recently listened to two podcasts on How to Pay for College HQ about scholarships. The guest was Elizabeth Hartley, owner of Scholarship Gold Consulting. I thought the information was so valuable, I wanted to […]

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Scholarship Friday: A look at Zinch

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! An interviewer asked me the other day which scholarship search engine would I recommend. Hands down–it’s Zinch. I chose them for these 5 reasons: 1. Their scholarship search engine is second to none You can search for over $1 billion dollars in […]

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Scholarship Friday: 10 Easy Scholarships

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! What could be easier than winning a scholarship and you didn’t even have to write an essay and/or fill out a long application? There isn’t. The rewards may not be as big as those long, involved essay scholarships, but 10 $1000 scholarship […]

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Scholarship Friday: Young Patriots Essay Contest

  The Young Patriots Essay Contest is currently being offered by the National Center for Policy Analysis. This is an essay contest open to all high school students. The winner will receive a $5,000 college scholarship, second place will receive a $3,000 scholarship, and third place will receive a $2,000 scholarship. Topic and formatting This contest is designed to […]

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$10,000 Scholarship Essay Contest

  This year, The Foundation for the Individual Rights in Education is once again offering high school juniors and seniors the chance to win scholarships towards their education.  High school juniors and seniors for the 2013–2014 school year who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are eligible to participate in FIRE’s $10,000 scholarship essay contest. […]

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Check out this scholarship app

  Sign up for my FREE parent tips email and get my FREE Ebook on college financing! Every parent and student can use some help with the scholarship search process. And what is it they say? There’s a scholarship app for that! Christopher Gray, known as the “Million-Dollar Scholar” after being awarded $1.3 million in scholarships, has created an […]

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Yes you can (win that scholarship)!

  Yes you can (win that scholarship)! “Yes you can” are the call words for many motivational speakers, school programs, political campaigns and even song lyricists. The scholarship hunt requires that type of motivation: perseverance, attention to detail, and the desire to succeed. We all know that success requires attention to the goal and focusing on […]

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