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 find [...]
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A Review-How to Win College Scholarships
By admin on Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 | 4 Comments
Scholarships.com “Short & Tweet” Scholarship
By admin on Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 | 6 Comments
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 [...]
The College Potential Calculator
By Suzanne Shaffer on Friday, June 11th, 2010 | 12 Comments
Today’s guest blog post is from Dan Coomes, creator of The College Potential Calculator. I asked Dan to give us an idea of how his calculator works and how it can benefit both parents and students in the college search and the search for scholarships. It’s an excellent tool to narrow down the college and [...]
$2000 "No Essay" College Scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 | No Comments
As I stated last week, I love to find scholarships that DON’T require an essay. This week’s scholarship is sponsored by College Prowler.com and it’s a NO ESSAY scholarship. That’s right! All you have to do to be entered in the MONTHLY drawing is complete a short survey on their website and be a current [...]
Scholarships: Military dependents
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 | No Comments
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. Military.com [...]
Scholarships for Homeschoolers
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 | No Comments
(portions of this blog post are taken from CollegeScholarships.org) 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 for Learning Disabled
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment
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 programs [...]
Top 10 Scholarship Search Sites
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 | 2 Comments
The number one question I receive from parents is: Where can my college-bound teen find scholarships? The best place to begin is at these sites and then expand the search to fit your individual student. Follow the trails that the matches give you and search locally as well. 1. Cappex.com–A site created for students to [...]
Scholarships: JROTC and FFA
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
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 (Junior [...]
