Posts Tagged ‘scholarships’


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: 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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$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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10 Scholarships Summer Prep Tips for Students

  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 […]

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Compare Colleges side-by-side with FindTheBest.com

Whether you are eagerly awaiting those acceptance letters or are still applying (or both), the fact remains that you need to pick the best school you can go to, and you need to find out which particular college that is. FindTheBest is an unbiased, data driven comparison engine that allows students and parents to look […]

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University of savings: financial aid tips

Big college dreams have a big price tag. Most students use some form of aid to pay for college. According to CollegeBoard, more than $207 billion in aid is available. From federal loans to scholarship contests, opportunities to knock down college costs appear to those who search. Leave no stone unturned and look into these […]

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Freedom in Academia Essay Contest

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is currently running an essay contest (the Freedom in Academia Essay Contest). High school juniors and seniors for the 2012-2013 school year are eligible to participate in FIRE’s essay contest. To enter, students must submit an essay between 800 and 1,000 words on the provided topic. One […]

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A Review-How to Win College Scholarships

  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 […]

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