How To Win College Scholarships

HOW TO WIN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS:

A GUIDE FOR PARENTS IN 10 EASY STEPS

By Monica L. Matthews

 IF I CAN DO THIS, THEN YOU CAN DO THIS!

      As you read this, you are probably in the same place that I was when my son was close to finishing high school.  You have a bright high school student, are in the middle-income bracket, and have no idea how you will be able to pay for your son or daughter’s college education.  I was there and wondered if I would have to go back to work full-time (I’m a teacher, who now stays home with my 3 boys) to pay for the staggering college tuition costs for my oldest son.

      Well, the astonishing news is that my son attends a very expensive college and I do NOT have to go back to work.  In fact, we are paying nothing, yes, NOTHING, for his tuition.  I sat where you are and decided that I would do everything in my power to help my son win enough scholarships so that I did not have to give up staying home with my other children and get a job just to help pay his college expenses.

      Most scholarship books are aimed at the high school student.  This guide is aimed at the parent who wants to help their student win scholarships by doing most of the groundwork for them.  What I did was partner with my son to allow him to enjoy his senior year to the fullest, while at the same time making time to write essays and fill out scholarship applications.  Senior year is a very busy and complicated one for students.  There are senior pictures, college visits and applications, AP tests, graduation requirements, ACT and/or SAT tests or retests, and many deadlines for your student to meet.  Winning scholarships for college is often the last thing on a high school seniors mind, and yet it might be in the forefront of their parents’ minds.  How any middle income parent comes up with the thousands of dollars a year it takes to send their student to college is still a mystery to me.  I did not want my son to have to borrow a staggering amount of money through loans and at the same time did not want my husband and myself to borrow the money either.  We still have two more kids that will go to college!

      This scholarship guide is organized into 10 key steps, each with a “Bottom Line”.   The bottom line in each step is the heart of the section, summed up into one or two sentences.  My goal is to help you help your student to win as many college scholarships as possible.  It will not be easy, but I think the information that I’ve shared here will make it easier on both of you.  Good luck!

 Bottom Line:   Partnering with your student to help him or her win scholarships will pay off greatly when they are in college and you are not bogged down with the high costs of tuition.  

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